Topic v. CIRCLE REALTY COMPANY

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CURTIS, District Judge.

The plaintiffs have filed three almost identical Civil Rights actions seeking to enjoin the defendants, (real estate firms) from engaging in alleged discriminatory practices in violation of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, more correctly called the “Civil Rights Act of 1968,” Title VIII, 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.

Jurisdiction is invoked under 28 U.S.C. § 1343(4) and 42 U.S.C. § 3612 to remedy alleged violations of 42 U.S.C. § 3604. Plaintiffs also allege a claim under the 1866 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1982.

Motions to dismiss have been filed on the part…