DOJ Leaders Invoke Martin Luther King Jr. In Announcement Of ‘Largest Ever’ Redlining Settlement

In the days leading up to Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday and Dr. King’s birthday on Sunday, the Department of Justice has proposed a new resolution in a potentially landmark fair housing case in the Central District of California. 

On Thursday, the Department of Justice announced an agreement with City National Bank, alleged in a complaint this week to have engaged in illegal redlining. 

Officials described the settlement as the largest ever secured by the DOJ against a Read the rest