Legal Opinion
United States of America, Appellant-Appellee v. City of Black Jack, Missouri, Appellee-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 20, 1975No. 74-1345 and 74-1378PublishedCited by 203 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought by the United States against the City of Black Jack, Missouri, under Title VIII (Fair Housing) of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq. The complaint alleged that the City had denied persons housing on the basis of race, in violation of § 3604(a), and had interfered with the exercise of the right to equal housing opportunity, in violation of § 3617, by adopting a zoning ordinance which prohibited the construction of any new multiple-family dwellings. In particular, it alleged that the ordinance operated to preclude construction of…
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