Legal Opinion
2922 Sherman Avenue Tenants' Ass'n v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 14, 2006No. 04-7126, 04-7127, 04-7174, 04-7185, 04-7196PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATEL, Circuit Judge.
Charging that the District of Columbia targeted Hispanic neighborhoods when it decided to close certain apartment buildings for housing code violations, several tenants’ groups brought both disparate treatment and disparate impact discrimination claims against the city under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and D.C. Human Rights Act (DCHRA). The district court allowed only the FHA disparate impact claim to go to the jury, which then returned a verdict favoring the tenants with regard to one building. The city now appeals that verdict, while the tenants cross-appeal the district…
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