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221444P.pdf   05/19/2023  United States  v.  Louis Rupp, II
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  22-1444
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Erickson and Stras, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Fair Housing Act. After the district court found that Rupp 
   had violated the Act by terminating the renters' lease based on their 
   family status, a jury awarded them $14,400 in compensatory damages and 
   $60,000 in punitive damages. Rupp filed a post-trial motion to set aside 
   or reduce the punitive damages award, which the district court denied. 
   Rupp appeals the denial of the motion. Held: There was sufficient evidence 
   that Rupp acted with at least reckless indifference, and the district 
   court did not err in submitting the punitive damages issue to the jury; 
   the award was not unconstitutionally excessive. Judge Stras, concurring.