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PUBLIC HOUSING
Todd v. Housing Authority of Kansas City, Missouri

4:84-cv-00852 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 1984

Closed Date: 1988

Because this case predates PACER, we had access to a limited number of documents to write this case summary.On August 3, 1984, applicants for public housing who had been or would be denied filed this class action in the Western District of Missouri. The plaintiffs sued the Housing Authority of Kansas City and its Executive Director under 42 U.S.C § 1983. Per Carolyn Hoecker Luedtke’s Missouri Law Review article, the plaintiffs alleged that the Housing Authority failed to provide proper due proc…
PUBLIC HOUSING
Tinsley v. Pierce

4:89-cv-00023 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Jan. 17, 1989

On January 17, 1989, residents of T.B. Watkins Homes, a public housing development operated by the Housing Authority of Kansas City, Missouri, filed a class-action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the State of Missouri in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. The plaintiffs asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by racial discri…
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…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Reynolds v. City of Valley Park, Missouri

4:06-cv-01487 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Sept. 22, 2006

Closed Date: 2008

On September 22, 2006, landlords and employers in Valley Park Missouri and the non-profit Equal Housing Opportunity Council brought suit as plaintiffs in state court against the City of Valley Park. Represented by a large group of lawyers from advocacy organizations (including the ACLU), law school clinics, and several St. Louis law firms, the plaintiffs sought a declaration that the City of Valley Park's Ordinance 1708 was unlawful, under both state and federal law, and a temporary, preliminar…
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 …
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
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…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Sallion v. Suntrust Banks, Inc.

1:96-cv-01500 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: June 17, 1996

Closed Date: March 1, 2000

Plaintiff filed suit on June 17, 1996, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, alleging violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), 15 U.S.C. 1691, and federal civil rights statutes, 42 U.S.C. 1981, 1982. Plaintiff alleged that the Defendant-lender rejected plaintiff's loan application because of her race and her status as a single woman. U.S. District Court Judge Richard W. Story granted Defendants motion for summary judgment on March 1, 2000, after finding …
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. Northside Realty Assoc., Inc.

1:69-cv-13932 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: 1969

The Department of Justice filed suit against an Atlanta realtor, alleging that it engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against minorities in home sales prohibited by the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3601-19. The DOJ sought injunctive relief against further violations of the FHA. The Defendant filed a counterclaim against the government alleging that the DOJ brought the suit in bad faith. U.S. District Court Judge O'Kelley granted the government's motion to dismiss the counterclaim …
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. The Northern Trust Company

1:95-cv-03239 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: June 1, 1995

Closed Date: June 5, 1995

The Department of Justice filed suit against the Defendant-lender on June 1, 1995, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. U.S. District Court Judge Ann C. Williams approved a consent decree proposed by the parties on the same day. We have no other information about this case.
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers

1:76-01448 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 16, 1976

Closed Date: Dec. 21, 1978

The Department of Justice filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on April 16, 1976, against four Defendants the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers, the Society of Real Estate Appraisers, the United States League of Savings Associations, and the Mortgage Bankers Association of America seeking injunctive and declaratory relief for alleged violations of the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619. The DOJ alleged that the four Defendant-organizations ha…