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This case arose from a dispute regarding where housing for low-income persons should be constructed in Dallas, Texas-that is, whether low-income housing projects that received government tax credits should be built in the predominantly white suburbs or the predominantly minority-represented inner city. The case was founded on a disparate impact theory of liability. In contrast to a disparate treatment theory, where a plaintiff must establish that the defendant employed a discriminatory intent or motive, a disparate impact claim challenges practices that have a ...
Posted in: Texas, U.S. Supreme Court
Tags: ADEA, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Disparate Impact Claims, Fair Housing Act, FHA, ICP, Inclusive Communities Project, low-income housing projects, Texas, U.S. Supreme Court
Since the Constitution was ratified, 226 years ago, potential plaintiffs have been required to first establish that they have a "case or controversy" before a court can consider the merits of any legal claim. As the U.S. Supreme Court has phrased it, "the person seeking to invoke the jurisdiction of the court must establish the requisite standing to sue." Whitmore v. Arkansas, 495 U.S. 149, 154 (1990). There are three components of standing:
1) the plaintiff has suffered an "injury in fact" that is (a) concrete and particularized and (b) actual or imminent, not conjectural or ...
Tags: case and controversy, Fair Credit Reporting Act, fair debt collection practices act, fcra, fdcpa, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, respa, Robins v. Spokeo, tcpa, telephone consumer protection act, U.S. Supreme Court, “no injury” equals “no claim”