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· 8/31/2005

Lorraine C. East-Miller v. Lake County Highway Department and Marcus Malczewski

Citations

  • 421 F.3d 558
  • 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 18823
  • 2005 WL 2088398

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that racial slurs can create an inference of race discrimination
  • holding “that a showing of intentional discrimination is an essential element of a [FHA] claim” and that a FHA claim could be proven under the direct or indirect method of proof
  • while a highway department may have “inconvenienced” a Black homeowner through various instances of damaging her property, she failed to present any evidence that the highway department’s actions were motivated by an intent to discriminate

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Judges: Easterbrook, Kanne, Sykes

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