Link to this case 10/22/2020 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT OPEN COMMUNITIES ALLIANCE and SOUTHCOAST FAIR HOUSING, Plaintiffs, -against- UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, and BEN CARSON, in his official capacity as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Defendants. Civil … [Read more...] about Open Communities Alliance v. HUD (2020)
PRRAC in the Courts
Most of PRRAC’s advocacy is at the federal and state executive branch level – working to implement civil rights mandates in housing, education, and environmental justice. We have also been occasionally involved in litigation, as amici curiae in a number of key Supreme Court and appellate cases (see here), sometimes convening or working with expert witnesses, and on one occasion participating as a plaintiff (as part of the coalition that brought a challenge to Maryland’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit program). More recently, in response to the unlawful suspension of important civil rights rules that PRRAC worked so hard to secure during the Obama administration, we have joined as co-counsel in two direct litigation challenges to HUD’s authority, Open Communities Alliance et al v. Carson and National Fair Housing Alliance et al v. Carson (see below).
Opinion of the Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota (January 2024)
Link to the full opinion STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS A23-0191 Fletcher Properties, Inc., et al., Appellants, vs. City of Minneapolis, Respondent, Poverty & Race Research Action Council, et al., Respondents, HOME Line, Respondent. Filed January 16, 2024 Affirmed Frisch, Judge Hennepin County District Court File No. 27-CV-17-9410 Tamara … [Read more...] about Opinion of the Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota (January 2024)
Brief of Respondents/Amici in Fletcher Properties, Inc., et al. vs. City of Minneapolis (PRRAC, Housing Justice Center June 2023)
June 29, 2023 Challenge to Minneapolis city source of income discrimination law based on constitutional takings claims [Link to the full brief] STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS A23-0191 Fletcher Properties, Inc., et al., Appellants, vs. City of Minneapolis, Respondent Poverty & Race Research Action Council, et al., Respondents, HOME Line, Respondent. … [Read more...] about Brief of Respondents/Amici in Fletcher Properties, Inc., et al. vs. City of Minneapolis (PRRAC, Housing Justice Center June 2023)
Amicus Brief in Coalition for T.J. v. Fairfax County School Board (NCSD, PRRAC, ACLU Foundation, ACLU of Virginia, Lawyer’s Committee, Washington Lawyer’s Committee May 2022)
May 13, 2022 Reverse discrimination challenge to selective public high school’s efforts to increase racial and economic diversity by deemphasizing standardized test reliance [Link to full brief] CASE NO. 22-1280 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COALITION FOR T.J., Plaintiff - Appellee, v. FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, Defendant … [Read more...] about Amicus Brief in Coalition for T.J. v. Fairfax County School Board (NCSD, PRRAC, ACLU Foundation, ACLU of Virginia, Lawyer’s Committee, Washington Lawyer’s Committee May 2022)
Opinion of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Western District (October 2021)
Link to full opinion [J-24-2021] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT BAER, C.J., SAYLOR, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ. APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN PITTSBURGH, INC., Appellee v. THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH, Appellant No. 26 WAP 2020 Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court entered March 12, 2020 at No. 528 CD 2018, … [Read more...] about Opinion of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Western District (October 2021)
