Legal Opinion
Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. v. Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 24, 2014No. 12-11211, 13-10306PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES E. GRAVES, JR., Circuit Judge:
In this housing discrimination case, the district court held that plaintiff The Inclusive Communities Project (“ICP”) had proven that Defendants’ allocation of Low Income Housing Tax Credits (“LIHTC”) in Dallas resulted in a disparate impact on African-American residents under the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”). The primary issue on appeal is the correct legal standard to be applied in disparate impact claims under the FHA. We adopt the standard announced in recently enacted Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) regulations regarding the burdens of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Ricci v. DeStefanoSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Metropolitan Housing Development Corp., Northwest Opportunity Center and Eluteria D. Maldonado, Intervening v. Village of Arlington HeightsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Lopez-VelasquezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
- Town of Huntington v. Huntington BranchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Gallagher v. Magner Ex Rel. City of St. Paul's Department of Neighborhood Housing & Property ImprovementCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Mhany Management, Inc. v. County of NassauCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2016
- Marc Veasey v. Greg AbbottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2016
- Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2015
- Linkletter v. Western & Southern Financial Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2017
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