Freddie Douglas v. Metro Rental Services, Inc., 827 F.2d 252 (1987)

Citation: Freddie Douglas v. Metro Rental Services, Inc., 827 F.2d 252 (1987)
Parent Document: Freddie Douglas v. Metro Rental Services, Inc., 827 F.2d 252 (1987)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 1987-08-26
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/493300/freddie-douglas-v-metro-rental-s... ↗

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In July of 1984, plaintiffs Freddie Douglas, an employee of a public relations firm, and her sister, Barbara Brewer, a tax accountant at Montgomery Ward, applied at the office of defendant Metro, a rental agency, seeking to rent an apartment in Chicago for themselves and Brewer’s daughter, Keven Douglas, and her son, Dan Douglas. They filled out an application and looked at an apartment, but soon thereafter the application was rejected, it was claimed, because it included the children. The employee of Metro showing the apartment, a man who identified himself as Lester, expressed the opinion, however, that the application was rejected because the applicants were black. About a week later, Douglas filled out a second application for herself only and did not include the children. Douglas and Brewer returned to Metro’s office to inquire about the renewed application. This time they met with defendant Stephen Wolf, president of Metro, who informed them that Lester was no longer employed with Metro, but that Wolf would review their application file and contact them. Subsequently, after hearing nothing from Wolf, Douglas and Brewer returned to Metro’s office to make another inquiry. This time Wolf explained that the second application had been rejected because the first application had included children. Wolf added that in his opinion, however, it was because the applicants were black. In response plaintiffs asked that their security deposit of $515, 4

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