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ORTEGA v. MERIT INS. CO.

Nos. 76 C 2314, 76 C 2638.

433 F.Supp. 135 (1977)

Anna Marie ORTEGA, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. MERIT INSURANCE COMPANY and Aronson Furniture Company, Defendants. Robert HERNANDEZ, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY and Aronson Furniture Company, Defendants.

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

May 31, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Masur, Garfield Austin Legal Services, Chicago, Ill., for Ortega and Hernandez.

Gerald M. Rotheiser, Stern & Rotheiser, Chicago, Ill., for Merit Ins.

Fohrman, Lurie, Holstein & Sklar, Chicago, Ill., for Aronson Furniture Co.

Theodore P. Fields, Fields, Smoller & Fields, Chicago, Ill., for United Fire Ins. Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WILL, District Judge.

These are two related actions alleging a discriminatory pricing scheme for the sale of credit property insurance. In No. 76 C 2314, plaintiff, a "brown-skinned resident alien of Hispanic (Mexican) origin", sues for declaratory and injunctive relief and monetary damages pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1981. In No. 76 C 2638, plaintiff, a Spanish-surnamed citizen of the United States, sues for similar relief under 42 U...

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