Legal Opinion
Jerome Seaton and Gladys Seaton, His Wife v. Sky Realty Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 20, 1974No. 72-1230PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.
Mr. and Mrs. Seaton, who are black, were awarded compensatory and punitive damages against defendants Sky Realty Company, a real estate broker, Jerry Carr, its manager, and Art Potocki, one of its salesmen, for racially motivated refusal to negotiate for the sale of a dwelling in a predominantly white area of Chicago. They and the owner, 'Mrs. Schmidt, were found, after a bench trial, to have violated 42 U.S.C. §§ 1982 1 and 3604. 2 Mrs. Schmidt did not appeal. The other defendants challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. We affirm.
After a summary of the facts, the…
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