Discrimination, Title VII, Fair Housing Act (FHA)

Supreme Court Expands Employment Anti-Discrimination Laws To Protect The LGBTQ Community. Fair Housing Is Likely Next.

Fox Rothschild LLP on 6/16/2020

In a decision which will likely expand the scope of the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA) by analogy, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded earlier today that a 1960’s era civil rights statute protects gay and transgender workers. By...more

Federal Appeals Court Holds that Landlord May Be Liable for Deliberate Indifference to Tenant-on-Tenant Discrimination

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/25/2018

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently addressed a matter of first impression regarding landlord liability under the Fair Housing Act (FHA): whether a landlord may be liable under the FHA for...more

District Court Dismisses Disparate Impact Claims in Texas

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/6/2016

After several years of litigation, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas recently dismissed disparate impact claims filed against the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) in the fair...more

District Court Dismisses Disparate Impact Claim of Inclusive Communities

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/2/2016

A federal court in Texas recently dismissed a housing discrimination claim that was based on alleged disparate impact under the Fair Housing Act (FHA), the latest in a series of decisions applying landmark U.S. Supreme Court...more

U.S. Supreme Court Allows Disparate-Impact Claims Under Fair Housing Act

Carlton Fields on 10/6/2015

In a recent holding, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that discrimination claims under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) may be premised on "disparate impact," meaning that a plaintiff may challenge a practice even if it was not...more

Supreme Court Affirms FHA Disparate Impact Claims

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 7/22/2015

Late last month, the Supreme Court handed down a significant decision affecting rights and obligations under the Fair Housing Act. The Court’s 5-4 decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive...more

U.S. Supreme Court Issues Ruling Favorable To Employers Involved In Disparate-Impact Litigation

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/6/2015

On June 25, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5 to 4 ruling in Texas Dep’t of Housing & Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., No. 13-1371 (2015). Now that the dust has settled from the Supreme Court’s...more

Lending Industry Take Note: Federal Fair Housing Act Provides For Disparate-Impact Liability

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP on 7/2/2015

The status quo stands, to a degree. By a 5-4 vote, the United States Supreme Court has concluded that the federal Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) authorizes lawsuits not just for intentional discrimination, but for conduct taken...more

Court Reaffirms Viability of Disparate Impact Theory in Discrimination Cases

Franczek P.C. on 7/1/2015

Last week, the Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated ruling in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. (Inclusive Communities). For the first time, the Court interpreted...more

The U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc.

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 7/1/2015

In Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., 576 U.S. ___, 2015 WL 2473449 (Jun. 25, 2015), the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, held that disparate impact discrimination...more

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