FAIR HOUSING COUNCIL v. MONTGOMERY NEWSPAPERS

No. 97-1051.

141 F.3d 71 (1998)

The FAIR HOUSING COUNCIL OF SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA, Appellant, v. MONTGOMERY NEWSPAPERS; Montgomery Publishing Co.; Arthur W. Howe, IV; Naomi Brownstein.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford A. Boardman (Argued), Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.

Reuben A. Guttman (Argued), Brian P. McCafferty, Provost & Umphrey, Washington, DC, for Appellees.

William G. Scarborough, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, LLP, Karen L. Black, Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, for Amicus Curiae Fair Housing Action, Fair Housing Council of Montgomery County, Fair Housing Council of Southern New Jersey, Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh, Housing Consortium for Disabled Individuals, and Housing Council of York.

John A. Feichtel, Pennsylvania Newspaper Publisher Association, Harrisburg, PA, for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers' Association.

Before: MANSMANN and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges and BLOCH, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.

The Fair Housing Council of Suburban Philadelphia ("FHC") appeals an order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of Montgomery Newspapers ("Montgomery"), the papers' publisher, and their classified advertisements editor in an action filed pursuant to the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3604 and 3617, and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, 43 P.S. § 955. The district court's...

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