Johnnie Ray Lee v. Southern Home Sites Corp.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1971-06-11

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WISDOM, Circuit Judge: This case raises the question whether attorney’s fees should be awarded to successful plaintiffs who charged that the defendant violated 42 U.S.C. § 1982 by refusing to sell lots to Negroes on the same terms the defendant sold lots to whites. We hold for the plaintiffs-app…

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