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Gadsons v. Royal/Concord Gardens (1998)

Citation
Gadsons v. Royal/Concord Gardens (1998)
Parent Document
Gadsons v. Royal/Concord Gardens (1998)
Jurisdiction
New Hampshire (state)
Effective Date
1998-05-13

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After investigating plaintiffs’ administrative complaint,
HUD issued a “Notification of Determination of No Reasonable
Cause” on February 1 3 , 1996. HUD found that “reasonable cause
does not exist to believe that a discriminatory housing practice
has occurred.”   In an accompanying letter, HUD explained its
bases for determining that there was no reason to believe that
defendant had violated the Fair Housing Act. The following day,
plaintiffs filed a nearly identical complaint with the New
Hampshire Human Rights Commission (“HRC”).         Like HUD, the HRC
investigated plaintiffs’ complaint and ultimately concluded that
there was no probable cause to believe that defendant had engaged
in racial discrimination. In the interim, however, the eviction proceeding continued. The matter was tried to the New Hampshire District Court in