Seymour v. Hug

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER 1

COLE, United States Magistrate Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This case has its genesis in Donna L. Seymour’s unsuccessful attempt to purchase a home in a suburb of Chicago from realtors, Roger and Carol Hug, Patricia Brown-Wyrick and H & H Realty, Inc. (collectively “Realtor Defendants”), and Cendant Mobility Corp. and Curtis and Carol Castle (collectively “Owner Defendants”). According to Ms. Seymour, although she had successfully negotiated a contract for the purchase of the home, the defendants “sold it out from under her” when they discovered she was African-American. On…