Legal Opinion
Johnnie Ray Lee v. Southern Home Sites Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 13, 1970No. 28167PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.
A Negro citizen, Johnnie Ray Lee, sued for and obtained injunctive enforcement of his right to buy a certain residential lot which theretofore had been denied him solely because of his race. Contending, however, that the remedies prescribed by the Court below were not sufficiently extensive he has appealed. We affirm and remand.
The action was brought pursuant to the Thirteenth Amendment and 42 U.S. C.A. §§ 1981, 1982 1 and was expressly denominated a class action pursuant to Rule 23(b) (2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, “the party opposing the class has acted…
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