Meyer v. Holley, et al.

On January 23, 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision in a case where plaintiffs sought to hold an individual who was the realty corporation's president, sole shareholder, and licensed “officer/broker” vicariously liable in one or more of these capacities for the salesman's unlawful actions under the Fair Housing Act. The Court held that the Fair Housing Act imposes liability without fault upon the employer in accordance with traditional agency principles, i.e., it normally imposes vicarious liability upon the corporation but not upon its officers or owners.