Legal Opinion
Andrew Ellis v. The City of Minneapolis
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 27, 2017No. 16-2019PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
Andrew and Harriet Ellis are for-profit, low-income rental housing providers in Minneapolis. The Ellises filed suit against the City of Minneapolis and city officials (collectively, “the City”), alleging the City’s heightened enforcement of housing and rental standards has a disparate impact on the availability of housing for individuals protected under the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”), 42 U.S.C. § 3604(a). The City moved for judgment on the pleadings pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(c), and the district court 1 granted the motion. In light of the Supreme Court’s decision in…
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