Civil rights advocates and the Obama administration on Thursday celebrated U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s embrace of the Fair Housing Act in a 5-4 ruling that endorsed the use of “disparate impact” claims in discrimination cases.
The court’s ruling in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project marked the third time the justices tried to decide the issue, leading many civil rights leaders to fear the court was determined to weaken the Fair Housing Act. The other two cases settled before the court could decide them.
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