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WALKER v. CITY OF LAKEWOOD

No. 00-55060.

263 F.3d 1005 (2001)

Nelson WALKER, Plaintiff, and Fair Housing Foundation of Long Beach, Counter-claimant-Appellant, v. CITY OF LAKEWOOD, a California Municipality, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 31, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barrett S. Litt, Litt & Marquez, Los Angeles, California, for the counter-claimant-appellant.

Kristin A. Pelletier and Richard R. Terzian, Bannan, Green, Frank, & Terzian, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellee.

Krista MacNevin Jee, (Kimberly Hall Barlow, on the brief), Law Office of Richard D. Jones, Fullerton, California, for the amici curiae.

Before: NOONAN, SILVERMAN, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

PAEZ, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question of when an independent fair housing services provider engaged in advocacy efforts may sue the city with whom it contracts for retaliating against the provider in response to that advocacy. We hold that, as a general matter, retaliation against independent providers can be actionable under the federal Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3617, and the California Fair Employment...

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