Civil and Human Rights Amicus Briefs

Over the years, we have joined our civil rights partners in raising key perspectives on civil rights issues before the courts.

• Amicus brief (FHP, PRRAC, NHLP) (May 2020)
• Brief of amici curiae (Housing Justice Center, NHLP, PRRAC) (January 2020)
• Amicus Brief in Minneapolis v. Fletcher Properties (PRRAC & NHLP, June 2019
• Amicus brief in City of Minneapolis v Fletcher Properties (Minnesota Court of Appeals, 2018) (Source of Income Discrimination)
• Amicus Brief in City of Oakland v. Wells Fargo (proximate cause under the Fair Housing Act, N.D. Cal. 2017)
• Amicus Brief in Bank of America Corp. v. City of Miami and Wells Fargo & Co. v. City of Miami (supporting broad standings of plaintiffs under the Fair Housing Act, Supreme Court, October 2016)
• Amicus brief in American Insurance Association v. HUD (challenge to HUD disparate impact rule, D.D.C. 2016)
• Amicus brief (Lawyers’ Committee, PRRAC, The Opportunity Agenda, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and Leadership Conference Education Fund) (June 2015)
• Amicus brief (various housing scholars) (December 2014)
• Amicus Curiae brief in California Building Industry Association v. City of San Jose et al (supporting inclusionary zoning, March 2014)
• Amicus Brief of The Opportunity Agenda, PRRAC, Public Advocates, the Equal Justice Society,
  the Kirwan Institute, and Professor Michelle Adams in Magner v. Gallagher (challenge to the Fair Housing Act’s disparate impact standard in the Supreme Court, 2011)
• Amicus Brief in Fisher v. Texas (race conscious admissions in higher education, Supreme Court, August 2012)
• Amicus Brief in the Affordable Care Act case in the Supreme Court (human rights brief, February 2012)
• Amicus Brief of Housing Scholars and Research and Policy Organizations in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District #1 (school integration, 2007)