Cho v. Itco, Inc.

MEMORANDUM

COBB, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in this case, In-Sun Cho and Tae Hoon Kim, brought suit for temporary and permanent injunctive relief asserting that the defendants, Itco, Inc., Grover Lee, Dennis Lee, and Ronnie Lee, violated the plaintiffs’ civil rights by refusing to sell them certain commercial real estate because the plaintiffs are of Korean descent. The plaintiffs assert claims under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1982, and 1985(3). Because the plaintiffs failed in their burden to prove racial discrimination was a substantial factor for refusing to sell to the plaintiffs, the court…