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MEMORANDUM OPINION

The plaintiffs have filed three almost identical Civil Rights actions seeking to enjoin the defendants, (real estate firms) from engaging in alleged discriminatory practices in violation of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, more correctly called the “Civil Rights Act of 1968,” Title VIII, 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.

Jurisdiction is invoked under 28 U.S.C. § 1343 (4) and 42 U.S.C. § 3612 to remedy alleged violations of 42 U.S.C. § 3604 . Plaintiffs also allege a claim under the 1866 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1982 .

Motions to dismiss have been filed on the part of all defendants, and since precisely the same questions of law are raised in each case, the motions were heard together and the court renders this single opinion which is equally applicable to all three cases.

It is alleged in the plaintiffs’ complaint that the plaintiff, TOPIC, is an unincorporated association formed October 4, 1972, its purpose being “To Preserve an Integrated Community”, from which the name TOPIC is derived. The complaint further alleges:

The individual plaintiffs, some of whom are black and some of whom are white, reside within the community embracing the Torrance, Carson and L. A.…