County of Dane v. Norman
Wisconsin Supreme Court
497 N.W.2d 714 (1993)
Relevant factsFree
Dane County's (plaintiff's) housing ordinance banned discrimination based on "marital status," defined to include cohabitants; landlord Norman (defendant), whose general policy was not to rent to groups of unrelated people, twice refused to rent his duplex to groups of unmarried women, and the county sued him for violating the ordinance, with the circuit court granting Norman summary judgment before the court of appeals reversed.
IssueFree
Whether, for purposes of fair housing, cohabitation is included within the protected class of marital status.
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