Jerome Seaton and Gladys Seaton, His Wife v. Sky Realty Company, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1974-02-20

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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,…

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