Legal Opinion
Huertas v. East River Housing Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 2, 1987No. 77 Civ. 4494 (RLC)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.
This ten-year-old case must be decided, an eventuality I had hoped and sought to avoid. My studied effort to forestall a court-mandated resolution of this controversy did not result from any anticipated difficulties in reaching a proper and just determination. The case, tried to the court February 9-19, 1981, conclusively established a pattern and practice of intentional racial discrimination by defendants in allocating apartments in buildings under their control. However, I sought to avoid the community tension that might result from a court-ordered…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Texas Department of Community Affairs v. BurdineSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Wentworth v. HedsonDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2007
- Ross v. AH Robins Co., Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1988
- Mhany Management Inc. v. County of NassauDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2012
- Sassower v. FieldDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1990
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