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ORA LEE WILLIAMS, Appellant,v.WALKER-THOMAS FURNITURE COMPANY,Appellee.WILLIAM and RUTH THORNE,Appellants,v.WALKER-THOMAS FURNITURE COMPANY,Appellee
from Part V - Justice
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 April 2022
Nos. 18604, 18605.Argued April 9, 1965.Decided August 11, 1965.
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge: J. HOUH, Circuit Judge.***
Appellants in these consolidated cases, Ms. Ora Lee Williams and Mr. and Mrs. William and Ruth Thorne, are residents of predominantly Black and lower-income neighborhoods in the District of Columbia’s northeast and northwest quadrants, respectively. Appellee Walker-Thomas Furniture Company operates retail furniture stores in neighborhoods like appellants’ throughout the District. Over the course of several years, appellants purchased several household items, large and small, from appellee in a series of transactions, the terms of which were set forth in the many written contracts signed by appellants. Each of these written contracts described the items purchased in each transaction and their value.
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