Legal Opinion
Johnnie Ray Lee v. Southern Home Sites Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 11, 1971No. 30738_1PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
This case raises the question whether attorney’s fees should be awarded to successful plaintiffs who charged that the defendant violated 42 U.S.C. § 1982 by refusing to sell lots to Negroes on the same terms the defendant sold lots to whites. We hold for the plaintiffs-appellants and remand the case.
June 17, 1968, the Supreme Court decided Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., 392 U.S. 409, 88 S.Ct. 2186, 20 L.Ed.2d 1189, holding that 42 U.S.C. § 1982 barred private racial discrimination in the sale of housing and that federal courts should fashion an effective remedy to enforce…
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