Legal Opinion
Dillon v. Bay City Construction Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 12, 1975No. 73-3942PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
This is a Fair Housing case brought both as a class action to enjoin a pattern of racial discrimination in the sale of houses in a Mobile, Alabama subdivision and to compel the defendants to sell a *802specific house to the named plaintiffs. Two weeks after the suit was filed, the District Judge consolidated the case on the merits with the hearing on the preliminary injunction. At the hearing, he directed that Bay City Development Corporation, the owner of the house, convey it to the plaintiffs but then held that since no discrimination had been shown by the remaining…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Claxton L. Burns, on Behalf of Himself and Others Similarly Situated v. Thiokol Chemical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Nationwide Amusements, Inc. v. George L. Nattin, MayorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Puerto Rican Farm Workers Ex Rel. Felipe Pagan Vidal v. K. D. EatmonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
3Cited by11 opinions
- Dillon v. AFBIC Development Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Warehouse Groceries Management, Inc., a Corporation v. Sav-U-Warehouse Groceries, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Dunn v. Midwestern IndemnityDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1980
- Campbell Inns, Inc. v. Banholzer, Turnure & Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1987
- Laufman v. Oakley Building & Loan Co.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1976
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