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PUBLIC HOUSING
Walker v. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

3:85-cv-01210 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: June 25, 1985

On June 25, 1985, the plaintiffs, several thousand black clients of low-income housing programs in the West Dallas Projects, brought this class action lawsuit against nine Dallas metropolitan suburbs, the Dallas Housing Authority ("DHA"), and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD"). The plaintiffs, represented by North Central Texas Legal Services, brought the action against the defendants for violations of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 3604. The case was filed in the U.S…
PUBLIC HOUSING
NAACP, Boston Chapter v. HUD

1:78-cv-00850 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 17, 1978

On April 17, 1978, two citizens of Massachusetts filed lawsuits under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977 against the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The plaintiffs, represented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by racially discriminatory disbursement of federal housing funds in the cities of Boston and…
PUBLIC HOUSING
NAACP, Boston Chapter v. Boston Housing Authority

1:88-cv-01155 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: June 14, 1988

This is a case about racially segregated public housing in Boston. On June 14, 1988, the Boston chapter of the NAACP filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The plaintiff sued the Boston Housing Authority (BHA), the mayor of Boston, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Communities and Development, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981-1983, 3604, 3608; and …
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U.S. v. Chevy Chase Federal Savings Bank

1:94-cv-01829 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 1994

Closed Date: Aug. 22, 1999

The Department of Justice filed suit on August 22, 1994, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleging violations of the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619, and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15 U.S.C. 1691-1691f. The DOJ alleged that the Defendant, the largest private lending institution in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, had expanded its business operations in recent years to accommodate growth in predominantly white areas while intentionally avoid[ing] the s…
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U.S. v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company

2:90-cv-00759 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: July 27, 1990

Closed Date: 2000

Plaintiffs, the NAACP and African-American homeowners in Milwaukee, filed suit in 1990 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, alleging that Defendant-Insurance Company had systemically discriminated against minority homeowners in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA), 42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq., and the Wisconsin Open Housing Law, Wis. Stat. 101.22. Plaintiffs alleged that the Defendant refused to extend homeowners insurance or extended such insurance on less favorable …
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U.S. v. Waisbord

2:06-cv-01124 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: March 15, 2006

Closed Date: 2009

The Department of Justice filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on March 15, 2006, alleging violations of the Fair Housing Act (FHA), 42 U.S.C. § 3612(o), on behalf of a minority renter. The DOJ alleged that the Defendant-landlords had been contacted by a prospective tenant who expressed interest in renting one of Defendants' properties and that the Defendants refused to rent the property to the prospective tenant because of her race.On July 31, 2006, th…
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United States v. Great Western Bank and Trust

2:80-01026 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Dec. 16, 1980

On December 16, 1980, the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) filed a lawsuit against the Great Western Bank and Trust in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. The suit, presumably brought under 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601-3631 (Fair Housing Act), alleged discrimination against Native Americans in housing loans. A consent decree was filed sometime in 1982, the exact terms of which are unknown to us.There are no reported opinions or other documents available for this case. …
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United States v. Long Beach Mortgage Company

2:96-cv-06159 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 5, 1996

Closed Date: 1999

On September 5, 1996, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601-3619 (Fair Housing Act) and 15 U.S.C. § 1691 (Equal Credit Opportunity Act) against the Long Beach Mortgage Company in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The Department of Justice sought declaratory and injunctive relief and monetary damages on behalf of African-Americans, Latinos, women, and persons over 55 who had allegedly been victims of the defendant's discrimi…
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United States v. Shawmut Mortgage Company

3:93-cv-02453 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Dec. 13, 1993

Closed Date: Dec. 13, 2003

The Department of Justice filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut on December 13, 1993, alleging violations of the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601-3619, and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1691-1691f. The Complaint alleged that the Defendant mortgage lender applied more rigorous standards when evaluating mortgage applicants from prospective black and Hispanic borrowers. The Complaint stated that the Defendant had rejected black an…
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National Urban League v. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

1:76-00718 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 26, 1976

Closed Date: May 3, 1978

In April 1976, eleven civil rights groups, led by the National Urban League, filed suit against the four federal lending regulatory agencies, alleging violations of the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the Defendants, all federal agencies with regulatory authority over private lenders, had failed to prevent race-based discrimination in residential lending. The Pl…