Legal Opinion
Villas at Parkside Partners v. City of Farmers Branch
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 22, 2012No. 10-10751PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
The City of Farmers Branch, Texas, (“the City”) appeals the district court’s summary judgment enjoining it from implementing a purported housing ordinance that requires all adults living in rental housing within the City to obtain an occupancy license conditioned upon the occupant’s citizenship or lawful immigration status. The district court concluded that the ordinance was preempted by federal law as a regulation of immigration that infringed Congress’s constitutional power. The court also concluded that the ordinance was field preempted and conflict preempted under…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Plyler v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by16 opinions
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