ROBERT HARPER v. THE ROUSE COMPANY, ET AL.,
In the Circuit Court for Howard County, Maryland
Ellicott City, Maryland
Civil Action ( Jury Trial Prayed): Antitrust and Civil Rights Violations Alleged, et al.
Amount Demanded : $ 28 Million in Damages.
Attorney For The Plaintiff: Charles Jerome Ware, www.charlesjeromeware.com
Attorney for the Defendants: John Sandbower, et al.
And see the Book: Chapter 9, " Columbia[Maryland] In The 1980s ' : NEW CITY UPON A HILL: A HISTORY OF COLUMBIA, MARYLAND, published 2007, pages 124-138.
EXCERPT: "... A similar situation occurred with [small businessman] Robert Harper, who operated a dry cleaning establishment in one of [Columbia's] village centers { Oakland Mills], and [Harper responded by hiring a top antitrust and civil rights trial attorney, CHARLES JEROME WARE, who resided in the community]. Ware filed a $28 million antitrust and civil rights lawsuit against the { Rouse] company. The civil lawsuit accused the company of refusing to renew [Harper's] dry cleaner lease or allow him to retire by selling his store". [Page 126]
"The controversial case, filed and litigated in the Howard County Circuit Court in conservative Ellicott City, brought unfavorable publicity to the Rouse Company,a situation compounded by the fact that Harper was a minority entrepreneur. Someone that Jim Rouse would have tried to help."
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