Legal Opinion
Arneda L. Hamilton v. Stephen Svatik and Eleanor Svatik
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 13, 1985No. 85-1004PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, a black woman, filed a complaint on May 25, 1979, in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging that the defendants’ refusal to rent an apartment to her constituted a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. § 1982, and the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3604. 1 A temporary restraining order, prohibiting the defendants from renting the apartment to anyone else, was entered in June 1979. A trial was held in November 1984. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendants in the amount of…
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- William J. Phillips and Dorothy R. Phillips v. Hunter Trails Community AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Laron McKinley v. Lt. Gary TrattlesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
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