Legal Opinion
Suella Debolt v. Michael Espy
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 5, 1995No. 93-4023PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY BROWN, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in this case, Suella DeBolt, seeks a larger government-subsidized § 515 apartment to house her growing family. To accomplish this end, she brought a class action against the Farmer’s Home Administration (“FmHA”), claiming that its policies encouraged private developers to construct and maintain small apartments for the elderly over large apartments for large families in violation of the Fair Housing Act’s prohibition against family status discrimination. 42 U.S.C. §§ 3604, 3605, and 3608 (1989). She also claimed that the FmHA did not properly enforce…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Northeastern Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Trafficante v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless and Charles Gooden v. City of CincinnatiCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
- Cundiff v. Cundiff (In Re Cundiff)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit · 1998
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