Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part
The Fair Housing Council of Suburban Philadelphia v. Montgomery Newspapers Montgomery Publishing Co. Arthur W. Howe, IV Naomi Brownstein
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 31, 1998No. 97-1051Published
1Concurring in part, dissenting in partNygaard, Circuit Judge
I agree that the Fair Housing Council has standing to assert a claim of retaliation against Montgomery Newspapers under 42 U.S.C. § 3617. However, I would go further and also conclude that the FHC has standing *82to assert a claim of illegal advertising under 42 U.S.C. § 3604(c), and that the FHC is injured because it must divert resources to a large-scale educational campaign to inform landlords, real estate agents, consumers and the defendant newspaper itself that discrimination based on familial status violates the Fair Housing Act. The FHC has proffered evidence that education is necessary…
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