Southwest Fair Housing Council v. Mdwid, 17 F.4th 950 (2021)

Citation: Southwest Fair Housing Council v. Mdwid, 17 F.4th 950 (2021)
Parent Document: Southwest Fair Housing Council v. Mdwid, 17 F.4th 950 (2021)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 2021-11-12
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/5296996/southwest-fair-housing-council-v-mdwid/ ↗

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basis that Appellants failed to provide evidence sufficient to
establish a triable issue of fact that the policy caused the
claimed disproportionate effect (an element of a prima facie
disparate impact case). We hold the district court erred and
we conclude that Appellants established a prima facie
disparate impact claim. However, we nonetheless affirm the
district court’s judgment because the District established by
undisputed evidence that the policy served in a significant
way the District’s legitimate business interests and because
Appellants failed to establish a triable issue of fact that there
existed an equally effective, but less discriminatory,
alternative.

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