Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was disclosed today to have ordered an investigation by the FBI in a fashionable Washington suburb. FBI agents have been interviewing homeowners in Wesley Heights to determine whether restrictive covenants signed 30 years ago are a violation of anti-trust regulations.
The suburban development is one of several in the area built and sold by the W.C. and A.H. Miller Company which has been under criticism for requiring buyers to sign agreements which ban re-sale or rental of property without the company’s express consent.
Observers here said that although all Miller-sold houses still come with attached restrictive covenants, the investigation of a development dating back three decades was intended as a dramatic demonstration of the fact that such restrictions are still in effect during all those years. No legal action is presently planned by the Justice Department, however, it was reported.
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