Michelle Porter, et al., v. Davis Realty Company, et al., 1983.

Michelle Porter, et al., v. Davis Realty Company, et al., 1983.

In this fair housing case, Michelle Porter (an African American) sued the Davis Realty Company for housing discrimination. Shelley Lapkoff, then in graduate school, provided expert testimony for the plaintiff that indicated that the real estate agent had directed Ms. Porter to African-American neighborhoods. Plaintiff was awarded the highest fee ever received up to that time for housing discrimination.