Legal Opinion
Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities v. Sullivan Associates
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided October 12, 1999No. SC 16042PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
Under General Statutes § 46a-64c,1 a landlord may not refuse to rent to a prospective low income *765tenant because that tenant will pay the stipulated rent from a lawful source of income, such as rental assistance under section 8 of the housing assistance program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to section 8 of the National Housing Act, as amended in 1974 and codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1437f (section 8).2 There is no dispute that, unlike the federal rules regulating the section 8 program, state law makes mandatory landlord participation in…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Hazen Paper Co. v. BigginsSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Kellems v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Conway v. Town of WiltonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- Levy v. Commission on Human Rights & OpportunitiesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
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3Cited by49 opinions
- State v. MurraySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
- Donald Beason v. United Technologies Corporation, Hamilton Standard DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
- Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- City of Hartford v. Hartford Municipal Employees Ass'nSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- Bovat v. City of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
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