Legal Opinion
Carson v. Pierce
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 25, 1983No. 82-2077PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
The owners and managers of a federally insured apartment complex provide in their leases that no more than two children shall reside in any one of their apartments. Plaintiffs brought this action to declare illegal and enjoin the enforcement of this policy, claiming that it discriminates unlawfully against families with children. The district court, 546 F.Supp. 80, dismissed the claim against the apartment owners and managers. Without reaching the issues decided by the district court, we affirm the dismissal because the plaintiffs’ claims are now moot.
In August 1979…
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