Legal Opinion
Avenue 6E Investments, LLC v. City of Yuma
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 25, 2016No. 13-16159PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
The Fair Housing Act (FHA) is one-of the most, important pieces of-legislation to be enacted by the Congress in the past. 60 years. It strikes at the heart of the persistent racism that so deeply troubles our Nation. Here, we deal, with one aspect of that law: zoning or rezoning of land as it affects the construction of housing that may be affordable by significant numbers of members of minority groups.
Plaintiffs, two real. estate developers (“Developers”), bring this case against the City of Yuma, contending that the City’s refusal to rezone land to permit…
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