Legal Opinion
Girardeau A. Spann v. Colonial Village, Inc. Girardeau A. Spann v. Marvin J. Gerstin
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 13, 1990No. 88-7257, 88-7260PublishedCited by 254 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-appellants seek to pursue claims that real estate advertisements placed by defendants-appellees featuring white models to the exclusion of black models violated the Fair Housing Act of 1968 (FHA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601-31. The district court held the claims time-barred. We reverse that determination and remand for further proceedings.
The appeal involves consolidated actions against two unrelated sets of defendants. In the first action, commenced in October 1986, the co-defendants are…
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