Dozens of mortgage lender groups have jointly submitted amici curiae briefs before the Supreme Court of the United States in Magner v. Gallagher, a case in which the high court will address whether the disparate impact theory of discrimination is applicable under the Fair Housing Act or whether plaintiffs have to prove intentional discrimination instead.The Independent Community Bankers of America, the Consumer Mortgage Coalition and the American Financial Services Association argued jointly that proof of discriminatory intent is required to establish a violation of the act.The American Bankers Association, the Consumer Bankers Association, the Financial Services Roundtable and the Housing Policy Council joined dozens of state banking groups to argue that the text of the law provides no basis for claims of disparate impact, and that lenders are not subject to disparate-impact claims under the FHA.The International Municipal Lawyers Association, the National League of Cities and the League of Minnesota Cities sided with the mortgage lending industry...