IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
JACKSON DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
L.T. JACKSON; and
L.T. JACKSON TRUST,
Defendants.
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COMPLAINT
The United States of America alleges:
1. This action is brought by the United States to enforce the
provisions of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (the Fair
Housing Act), as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of
1988, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601, et seq.
2. This court has jurisdiction over this action under 28 U.S.C
1331, 28 U.S.C. § 1345, and 42 U.S.C. § 3614(a).
3. Defendant L.T. Jackson is a resident of the state of Mississippi
in the Southern District of Mississippi. Mr. Jackson is the owner
and/or manager of numerous identified rental properties in the
Jackson, Mississippi area, including, but not limited to,
properties located at 5635 Queen Eleanor Lane, 631 Tifton Drive,
309 North Prentiss Street, 4620 Kirley Drive, and 166 York Drive.
Mr. Jackson has owned and/or personally managed these rental
properties at all times relevant to this case.
4. Defendant L.T. Jackson Trust, located in the Southern District of
Mississippi in Canton, Mississippi, owns and/or manages most or
all of the rental properties at issue in this case.
5. The identified rental properties owned and/or managed by
defendants are dwellings within the meaning of 42 U.S.C.
3602(b).
6. The defendants have violated the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C.
3601, et seq., by discriminating against persons on the basis of
sex in connection with the rental of dwellings
7. Since at least 1992 through the present, defendant, L.T. Jackson,
has subjected numerous female tenants (and, on some occasions
their minor daughters), and prospective female tenants of the
rental properties owned and/or managed by him, to severe,
pervasive, and unwelcome verbal and physical sexual advances. On
numerous occasions, defendant, L.T. Jackson, made sexually
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
L.T. JACKSON TRUST,
This action is brought by the United States to enforce the provisions of Title VIII of the
Defendant L.T. Jackson is a resident of the state of Mississippi in the Southern District of
Mr. Jackson is the owner and/or manager of numerous identified rental properties in the
Mr. Jackson has owned and/or personally managed these rental properties at all times relevant
The identified rental properties owned and/or managed by defendants are dwellings within the
Since at least 1992 through the present, defendant, L.T. Jackson, has subjected numerous
For example, Jackson requested sexual favors from the female tenants of his properties in
A denial or making unavailable of housing because of sex, in violation of Section 804of the
Discrimination in the terms, conditions, or privileges of the rental of dwellings, or in the
Coercion, intimidation, threats, and interference with persons in the exercise or enjoyment
Interfering with or threatening to take any action against any person in the exercise or
Awards such damages as would fully compensate each identifiable victim of defendants'
Assesses a civil penalty against the defendants in order to vindicate the public interest,
Acting Assistant Attorney General Civil Rights Division
Housing and Civil Enforcement Section
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