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San Pedro Hotel Co. v. City of Los Angeles, 159 F.3d 470 (1998)

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San Pedro Hotel Co. v. City of Los Angeles, 159 F.3d 470 (1998)
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San Pedro Hotel Co. v. City of Los Angeles, 159 F.3d 470 (1998)
Effective Date
1998-11-06

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In concluding that the Fentises lacked standing, the district court expressed concern over the “tenuous” connection between the Fentises and the individuals protected under the Act—the mentally ill who were to move in to the California Hotel only after it was sold and refurbished. Contrary to the district court, we believe that the Act “does not restrict the right to bring an action to persons ‘associated with’ a handicapped person, but rather allows anyone sustaining an actual injury from an alleged discriminatory housing practice to commence a suit.” Growth Horizons, Inc. v. Delaware County, Pa., 983 F.2d 1277, 1282 n. 7 (3d Cir.1993) (corporation which provides community living arrangements for the mentally ill has standing to bring suit under the Fair Housing Act for county’s alleged discriminatory refusal to assume its leases). Thus, to establish standing under the Act, all the Fentises need show is that the City interfered with the housing rights of the mentally ill and that, as a result, the Fentises suffered an actual injury.