Volume 29 - Number 7
February 17, 2012
Fearful of Winning, City of St. Paul Drops Disparate Impact Case from SCOTUS Docket
In an unusual legal development, the City of St. Paul, MN, late last week suddenly removed its challenge in a case before the Supreme Court of the United States that could have produced a definitive ruling on the disparate impact theory of lending discrimination under the Fair Housing Act. What’s unusual in Magner v. Gallagher is that the city believes it would have prevailed in the nation’s highest court – but opted to ask for dismissal because city leaders came to the conclusion that a victory could substantially undermine important civil rights enforcement in housing throughout the nation. The city expects to...
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