No. 18-1217

Waples Mobile Home Park Limited Partnership, et al. v. Rosy Giron de Reyes, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-03-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (2)Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: disparate-impact fair-housing-act immigration-policy immigration-status national-origin race racial-discrimination robust-causality statistical-correlation
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Immigration EmploymentDiscrimina JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-05-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a plaintiff can allege a prima facie case of disparate-impact discrimination on the basis of race or national origin under the Fair Housing Act against a landlord's leasing policy that screens out undocumented aliens, where the landlord predominantly rents to Latino tenants, and the only factual allegation of disparate impact is that undocumented aliens in the geographic vicinity of the landlord's property happen to be disproportionately Latino

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED In Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., 135 8. Ct. 2507 (2015), this Court concluded that the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) proscribes disparate-impact discrimination in the provision or regulation of housing. The Court stressed, however, that, in order to state a prima facie case of disparate-impact discrimination under the FHA, plaintiffs must plead facts that show a “robust causality” between the allegedly unlawful policy and an impact imposed disproportionately on a protected group. Id. at 2523. The question presented here is: Whether a plaintiff can allege a prima facie case of disparate-impact discrimination on the basis of race or national origin under the FHA against a landlord’s leasing policy that screens out undocumented aliens, where the landlord predominantly rents to Latino tenants, and the only factual allegation of disparate impact is that undocumented aliens in the geographic vicinity of the landlord’s property happen to be disproportionately Latino.

Docket Entries

2019-05-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-06
Supplemental brief of petitioners Waples Mobile Home Park Limited Partnership, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2019-04-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
2019-04-19
Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
2019-04-18
Waiver of right of respondent Rosy Giron de Reyes, et al. to respond filed.
2019-04-18
Brief amici curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation and Center for Equal Opportunity filed.
2019-03-22
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Waples Mobile Home Park Limited Partnership, et al.
2019-03-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 19, 2019)

Attorneys

Pacific Legal Foundation
Joshua Paul ThompsonPacific Legal Foundation, Amicus
Joshua Paul ThompsonPacific Legal Foundation, Amicus
Rosy Giron de Reyes, et al.
William Balden AdamsQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Respondent
William Balden AdamsQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Respondent
Southeastern Legal Foundation and Center for Equal Opportunity
John Joseph Park Jr.Law Offices of Jack Park, Amicus
John Joseph Park Jr.Law Offices of Jack Park, Amicus
Waples Mobile Home Park Limited Partnership, et al.
David C. FrederickKellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Petitioner
David C. FrederickKellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Petitioner