In addressing state fair housing violations, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, affirmed the Division of Human Rights (DHR) finding of liability
for racial steering, left the $ 10,000 punitive damages award intact, and remitted the case to DHR to reduce the compensatory award from $ 30,000 to no more than $ 5,000.
In another case, this one from 1979, the village of Bellwood, Illinois, sued two Realtors
for racial steering, and the Supreme Court let the suit go forward.
Not exact matches
Indeed, the court found that a real estate licensee could be liable
for unlawful
racial steering in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act if the licensee provided such information, since this type of information required a subjective decision by the licensee about what constituted
racial or ethnic diversity.