Here is a list of representative stories from some of our cases. You can view an item by going directly to the website of the appropriate newspaper and searching the archives. Please contact us for more information.

National Fair Housing Alliance v. A.G. Spanos Companies

• "Housing alliance says lawsuit against Spanos sends message" The Stockton Record (June 22, 2007)

National Community Reinvestment Coalition v. NovaStar

• "Discriminating Lenders, or Just Discrimination?" The Washington Post (May 19, 2007)

Herriot v. Channing House

• "Widow battles her retirement home," San Francisco Chronicle (March 2, 2007)

U.S. ex rel. Anti-Discrimination Center of Metro New York, Inc., Westchester County, New York

• "Housing Carrot and Sticks," The New York Times (Sunday, February 11, 2007)
• "County Sued Over Lack of Affordable Homes," The New York Times (Sunday, February 4, 2007)

• "S.F. Housing Authority sued over failure to protect Muslim tenants," San Francisco Chronicle (December 10, 2007)

• "Texas couple sues real estate agent," The Grand Rapids Press (April 14, 2007)

National Fair Housing Alliance, et al. v. Century 21 Town & Country et al.

• Complaint
• NFHA's Press Release
• NFHA's Report
• "Racial Steering? Black Family Says They Were Kept Out of Gross Pointe," DiversityInc (February 2, 2007)

Border Fair Housing and Economic Justice Center v. JL Gray Company, Inc. et al.

• Complaint
• "Fair housing group's lawsuit claims religious discrimination," New Mexico Business Weekly (February 1, 2007)

Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, et al. v. St. Bernard Parish, et al.

• Editorial: Mr. Dean is right, The Times Picayune (Friday, November 10, 2006)
• Full Lawyers' Committee Press Release

Lloyd v. Koons, et al.

• "Va. Car Dealer Accused of Biased Loan Practice," The Washington Post (September 2, 2005)

Toledo Fair Housing Center v. Watermark, Ltd.

• "Age-targeting in hot seat: Area project object of suit alleging bias against kids," Toledo Blade (September 11, 2005)


• "Suit alleges anti-child bias in home sales: Waterside builder disagrees," Toledo Blade (August 9, 2005)

Kennedy, et al. v. The City of Zanesville, et al.

• "Ohio Town's Water at Last Runs Past a Color Line," The New York Times (Feb. 17, 2004)


• "Racism Colors Water Service," Columbus Dispatch (June 21, 2003)


• "Missing Waterlines Blamed on Prejudice," Columbus Dispatch (Aug. 28, 2002)

Moore, et al. v. Chertoff (U.S. Secret Service)

• "Delays in Case of Racial Bias Could Cost Secret Service," The Washington Post (May 29, 2008)


• "E-Mail Shows Racial Jokes by Secret Service Supervisors," The New York Times (May 10, 2008)


• "Noose Allegedly Found at Secret Service Training Center," Austin American-Statesman (April 28, 2008)


• "Secret Service Admits Destroying Trial Evidence," Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Feb. 21, 2008)


• "Federal Judge Orders Secret Service to Turn Over Documents," Austin American-Statesman (Dec. 21, 2007)


• "Federal Judge Rebukes Secret Service in Discrimination Suit," Austin American-Statesman (Dec. 20, 2007)


• "In the line of fire: the Secret Service, in black and white," The Washington Post Magazine (Jan. 7, 2001)

The Equal Rights Center v. Horning Brothers, et al.

• "Bias Against Vouchers Alleged: Lawsuits Accuse Landlords of Rejecting Would-Be Tenants," The Washington Post (September 9, 2005)

Hargraves v. Capital City Mortgage Corp.

• "Fair-housing lawsuit to proceed," The Washington Post (Oct. 4, 2000)

Secret Service Agent v. American Airlines

• "Turbulence on Flight 363: Prudence, or Profiling?; Secret Service Agent rebuts airline account of boarding clash," Washington Post (Jan. 13, 2002)


• "The latest trouble with racial profiling," Newsweek (Jan. 14, 2002)


• "Benefit of doubt went to pilot, not law-enforcement officer," Dallas News (Jan. 10, 2002)


• "Bigots in the cockpit," Denver Post (Jan. 2, 2002)

The Wilson Company v. City of Oldsmar, Florida

• "Crowd turns out to fight complex," St. Petersburg Times (Feb. 8, 2001)


• "Legal maelstrom surrounds apartments," St. Petersburg Times (Sept. 6, 2001)


• "Oldsmar needs leader in apartment fiasco," St. Petersburg Times (Nov. 4, 2001)


• "Mayor might settle on project," St. Petersburg Times (Nov. 17, 2001)

Woodard, et al. v. Cactus Grill

• "Restaurant sues over tip dispute," The Washington Post (April 13, 2000)


• "Md. restaurant ordered to pay in bias suit," The Washington Post (June 22, 2002)

Dyson, et al. v. Denny's Inc.

• "Denny's Restaurants to pay $54 million in bias suits," The New York Times (May 25, 1994)


• "Plaintiffs enjoy an anti-bias victory," The Washington Post (May 25, 1994)


• "Denny's gets a bill for the side orders of bigotry," The New York Times (May 29, 1994)


• "Service with a sneer," The New York Times Magazine (Nov. 6, 1994)

Gilliam, et al. v. HBE Corp., d/b/a Adam's Mark Hotel

• "Hotel chain settles federal race bias case," The Washington Post (March 22, 2000)


• "Hotel chain to pay in bias suit," The Tampa Tribune (March 22, 2000)

Pugh, et al. v. Avis Rent-A-Car Systems, Inc.

• "Avis faces bias suit in Carolinas," USA Today (Nov. 12, 1996)


• "Former Avis manager outlines bias," USA Today (Nov. 13, 1996)


• "Companies caught in cross hairs: Avis CEO says he just learned of bias charges," USA Today (Nov. 14, 1996)


• "Race bias complaints against firms rise," Los Angeles Times (Nov. 20, 1996)


• "Ex-Avis workers: Bias complaints no secret," USA Today (Nov. 26, 1996)

Timus v. William J. Davis

• "$2.4 million awarded in housing case," The New York Times (July 16, 1992)

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