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http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/stpaul-issues/files/f/1679-2007-07-08T193758Z/5Jul07RatAssLegal_22.pdf

http://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DOJ-St-Paul.pdf

By Frederick Melo
fmelo@pioneerpress.com

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Mount Holly v. Mt. Holly Gardens Citizens in Action, Inc.

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
11-1507	3d Cir.	Dec 4, 2013	TBD	TBDhttp://www.twincities.com/stpaul/ci_24524096/new-jersey-case-means-st-paul-landlords-suit	TBD	OT 2013

Issue: Whether disparate impact claims are cognizable under the Fair Housing Act.

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Petition of the day

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Jun 11 2012	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 13, 2012)
Jul 5 2012	Waiver of right of respondent Triad Associates, Inc. to respond filed.
Jul 9 2012	Waiver of right of respondent Keating Urban Partners, L.L.C. to respond filed.
Jul 10 2012	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 11, 2012.
Jul 12 2012	Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
Jul 13 2012	Brief amici curiae of National Leased Housing Association, et al. filed.
Jul 13 2012	Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, Inc. filed.
Jul 13 2012	Brief amici curiae of American Financial Services Association, et al. filed.
Sep 11 2012	Brief of respondents Mt. Holly Gardens Citizens in Action, Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
Sep 25 2012	Reply of petitioners Township of Mount Holly, New Jersey, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 26 2012	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 12, 2012.
Oct 15 2012	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 26, 2012.
Oct 29 2012	The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
May 17 2013	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
May 24 2013	Reply of petitioner to brief amicus curiae of the United States filed.
May 28 2013	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 13, 2013.
Jun 17 2013	Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
Jul 3 2013	The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 26, 2013.
Jul 3 2013	The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including October 21, 2013.
Jul 28 2013	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners.
Aug 8 2013	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents Keating Urban Partners LLC.
Aug 26 2013	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent Triad Associates, Inc.
Aug 26 2013	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents Mt. Holly Gardens Citizens in Action, Inc., et al.
Aug 26 2013	Brief of respondent Triad Associates, Inc., in support of petitioners filed.
Aug 26 2013	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
Aug 26 2013	Brief of petitioners Township of Mount Holly, New Jersey, et al. filed.
Sep 3 2013	Brief amici curiae of American Financial Services Association, et al. filed.
Sep 3 2013	Brief amicus curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. filed.
Sep 3 2013	Brief amici curiae of Consumer Data Industry Association, et al. filed.
Sep 3 2013	Brief amici curiae of American Bankers Association, et al., filed.
Sep 3 2013	Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice in support of neither party filed.
Sep 3 2013	Brief amici curiae of National Leased Housing Association, et al. filed.
Sep 3 2013	Brief amicus curiae of Project on Fair Representation filed.
Sep 3 2013	Brief amicus curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association filed.
Sep 3 2013	Brief amicus curiae of APA Watch filed.
Sep 3 2013	Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Rights Union filed.
Sep 3 2013	Brief amici curiae of American Insurance Association, et al. filed.
Sep 3 2013	Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
Sep 3 2013	Brief amici curiae of Gail Heriot, et al. filed.
Sep 17 2013	SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday December 4, 2013.
Sep 17 2013	CIRCULATED
Sep 20 2013	Record from U.S. Court of Appeals for 3rd Circuit is electronic.
Sep 20 2013	Record from U.S.District Court. for District of New Jersey is electronic.
Oct 21 2013	Brief of respondents Mt. Holly Gardens Citizens in Action, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2013	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2013	Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2013	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Oct 28 2013	Brief amici curiae of American Planning Association and Housing Land Advocates filed. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2013	Brief amici curiae of Henry G. Cisneros, former Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2013	Brief amicus curiae of National Community Land Trust Network filed. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2013	Brief amici curiae of Housing Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2013	Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2013	Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2013	Brief amicus curiae of Committees on Civil Rights and Administrative Law of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York filed. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2013	Brief amici curiae of Governments of San Francisco, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2013	Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2013	Brief amicus curiae of Empower D.C. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2013	Brief amici curiae of Legal Momentum, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2013	Brief amici curiae of National Fair Housing Alliance, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2013	Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Members of Congress filed. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2013	Brief amicus curiae of Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights filed. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2013	Brief amici curiae of The Opportunity Agenda, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2013	Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2013	Brief amici curiae of Sociologists, Social and Organizational Psychologists, and Legal Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Nov 15 2013	Writ of certiorari Dismissed - Rule 46

St. Paul landlords' suit may move forward, after New Jersey case settled

Posted: 11/14/2013 12:01:00 AM CST

Updated: 11/14/2013 09:34:11 PM CST

A series of lawsuits brought by a group of Twin Cities landlords against the city of St. Paul may soon move forward as a result of a legal settlement in an unrelated New Jersey case that had been scheduled to be heard by the nation's highest court. The city council of Mount Holly, N.J., voted Wednesday evening to settle its housing discrimination case, Township of Mount Holly v. Mt. Holly Gardens Citizens in Action, rather than proceed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Obama administration and civil rights activists had expressed concern that if the case moved forward, it would lay the foundation to gut decades-old protections for minorities in the federal Fair Housing Act of 1968.Key members of the Obama administration had expressed similar concern about the three St. Paul housing lawsuits, bundled together under the title Magner v. Gallagher, which also had been scheduled to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court more than a year ago. Under pressure from housing advocates, HUD and federal civil rights prosecutors, attorneys for the city of St. Paul agreed in February 2012 not to move forward with their scheduled hearing before the nation's highest court.St. Paul City Attorney Sara Grewing said the three cases in Magner v. Gallagher and four additional suits brought by landlords will be heard in federal court in Minnesota by U.S. District Court Judge Michael Davis. A hearing date has not been set, and it's possible that they, too, could settle out of court. The judge had been waiting on a decision in the Mount Holly case before proceeding."All options are on the table," Grewing said Thursday. "Right now, we're reviewing everything. We just became aware of (the Mount Holly settlement). ... At this point, we're taking a wait-and-see approach."One of the core arguments before the courts in both the Mount Holly and St. Paul cases is whether a city can be held accountable for housing policies and code enforcement that unwittingly reduces the amount of affordable housing available to minorities and other vulnerable groups whose rights are protected by federal law. In both cities, plaintiffs had argued that coming down hard on landlords amounted to racism against their tenants, even if that wasn't the intended outcome."The legal argument was the same -- whether the Fair Housing Act allows for disparate impact recovery (for landlords) when there's no evidence of intent," Grewing said. Some members of the Supreme Court, legal observers say, had appeared eager to decide whether the standard for proving racial disparity should involve proof of intent or whether showing an uneven impact on vulnerable groups would suffice.Much easier to prove than intent, the "disparate impact" standard has been used for decades to enforce anti- discrimination laws.Civil rights activists worried that if the Supreme Court sided with St. Paul and determined that a lack of proven intent was sufficient to shield the city from charges of racism, that same standard would be used to shield property owners in housing discrimination cases, and key aspects of federal fair housing law would fall by the wayside. The new standard, if adopted, could form legal precedent in other areas of federal law, such as fair lending practices, they said.The Mount Holly case involved groups of African-American and Latino residents who argued that the township board had violated their rights when it condemned their homes in 2003 as part of a redevelopment plan for the neighborhood.The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Thursday that the five-member board of Mount Holly Township voted to settle the 10-year-old housing discrimination case and agreed to build 44 homes in a blighted neighborhood and provide 20 of them to families already living there. The township had previously appealed a lower court decision in the residents' favor to the U.S. Supreme Court.Frederick Melo can be reached at 651-228-2172. Follow him at

Court opinions for magner v. gallagher
Magner v. Gallagher, 132 S. Ct. 1306 - 2012 - ‎Supreme Court - Cited by 14 Magner v. Gallagher, 132 S. Ct. 994 - 2012 - ‎Supreme Court - Cited by 1 Magner v. Gallagher, 132 S. Ct. 548 - 2011 - ‎Supreme Court - Cited by 3