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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee
vs.
SOUTHERN MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.
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Issues:
Drugs, alcohol, discrimination, Fair Housing Act.
Case Summary:
Officials at an apartment management company appeal a lower court's ruling in a suit filed by the federal government. Federal officials charged Southern Management Corporation with discrimination and violation of the Fair Housing Act after the company refused to rent housing to the participants of a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program.
Decision of lower jurisdiction:
A district court jury ruled for the government and awarded compensatory and punitive damages. Southern Management officials now appeal.
Outcome:
Southern Management loses. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the injunction ordered by the lower jurisdiction. However, the appeals court reversed the lower jurisdiction's award of monetary damages.