TEXAS DEPT. OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY v. ICP

No. 13-1371.

135 S.Ct. 2507 (2015)

192 L.Ed.2d 514

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, et al., Petitioners v. The INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES PROJECT, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 25, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott A. Keller , Solicitor General, for the petitioners.

Michael M. Daniel , for the respondent.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General, for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the respondent.

Ken Paxton , Attorney General of Texas, Charles E. Roy , First Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, Scott A. Keller , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Joseph D. Hughes , Beth Klusmann , Alex Potapov , Assistant Solicitors General, for Petitioners.

Brent M. Rosenthal , Counsel of Record, Rosenthal Weiner LLP, Dallas, TX, for Respondent Frazier Revitalization Inc.

Michael M. Daniel , Counsel of Record, Laura B. Beshara , Daniel & Beshara, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Respondent The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc.

Greg Abbott , Attorney General of Texas, Daniel T. Hodge , First Assistant Attorney General, Austin, TX, Jonathan F. Mitchell , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Andrew S. Oldham , Deputy Solicitor General, Beth Klusmann , Alex Potapov , Assistant Solicitors General, for Petitioners.


The underlying dispute in this case concerns where housing for low-income persons should be constructed in Dallas, Texas — that is, whether the housing should be built in the inner city or in the suburbs. This dispute comes to the Court on a disparate-impact theory of liability. In contrast...

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