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High Court examines whether agency owner is liable for employee''s discrimination.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-FEB-03
Format: Online - approximately 678 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
If a real-estate agent discriminates against a potential client, can the broker or the owner of the business be held liable?

That is the question before the U.S. Supreme Court in Meyer v. Holley, a case that examines the strength of the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA) and the always thorny issue of agency liability. (No. 01-1120 (U.S. oral arguments Dec. 3, 2002).)

In 1996, Emma and David Holley, an interracial couple seeking a new house, visited the Triad Realty office in Twenty-Nine Palms, California. Triad agent George Crank showed them four houses, each above their price range of $100,000...

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