Huntington Branch, National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Town of Huntington

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

Twenty years ago, widespread racial segregation threatened to rip civil society asunder. In response, Congress adopted broad remedial provisions to promote integration. One such statute, Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601-3631 (1982 & Supp. Ill 1985) (“Fair Housing Act”), was enacted “to provide, within constitutional limitations, for fair housing throughout the United States.” 42 U.S.C. § 3601. Today, we are called upon to decide whether an overwhelmingly white suburb’s zoning regulation, which restricts private multi-family housing…