Legal Opinion
Dorothy Weathers v. Peters Realty Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 5, 1974No. 73-1950PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. MILLER, Circuit Judge.
The named plaintiff, Dorothy Weathers, a black person, filed the present class action against the defendants, Peters Realty Corporation and others, “on behalf of herself and all other black citizens of the United States who have been or will be seeking housing” at a thirteen rental suite apartment building owned by the Peters Realty Corporation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
The complaint sought injunctive relief and also monetary damages in the amount of $10,000 compensatory damages and $10,000 punitive damages for “the Plaintiff and the class she represents.”
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