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Heights Community Congress v. Hilltop Realty

774 F.2d 135 (1985)

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Heights Community Congress v. Hilltop Realty

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
774 F.2d 135 (1985)

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Facts

The City of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, a predominantly White area, had a growing Black population. Bruce Johanns, a real estate agent at Hilltop Realty (Hilltop) (defendant) mailed solicitation cards to White-owned homes in Cleveland Heights. The cards asked whether the owners were interested in selling their properties and contained no references to race. Further, there was no frenzied selling of White-owned homes in Cleveland Heights. Heights Community Congress (HCC) (plaintiff), a nonprofit corporation that sought to enforce fair-housing laws, filed suit against Hilltop, bringing a number of claims. One claim alleged that Johanns committed blockbusting in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA). Blockbusting referred to the practice of persuading White homeowners to sell their homes by convincing them that Black people were moving into the area. The district court ruled in favor of HCC on the blockbusting claim. Hilltop appealed.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Kennedy, J.)

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