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WRIGHT v. KAINE REALTY

No. 72 C 37.

352 F.Supp. 222 (1972)

Scott WRIGHT and Blanche Wright, his wife, Plaintiffs, v. KAINE REALTY and Gladys Hopkins, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

November 28, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Willis Caruso, Robert Schwemm, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Bernard Kaplan, Skokie, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

McLAREN, District Judge.

This matter is now before the Court upon defendants' motion to determine whether the Court's power to award punitive damages for housing discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1982 has been preempted by the specific damage limitation contained in 42 U.S.C. § 3612(c).

Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq., provides a detailed method for the elimination of...

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