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TSOMBANIDIS v. CITY OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT

No. 3:98CV1316(GLG).

129 F.Supp.2d 136 (2001)

Beverly TSOMBANIDIS, Oxford House, Inc., and John Does One Through Eight (Current and Prospective Residents of 421 Platt Avenue, West Haven, Connecticut), Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, First Fire District of the City of West Haven, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

January 30, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan B. Orleans, Sarah W. Poston, Zeldes, Needle & Cooper, Bridgeport, CT, Steven G. Polin, Washington, DC, for Beverly Tsombanidis, Oxford House, John Does.

Michael P. Farrell, Martin S. Echter, West Haven, CT for City of West Haven.

Thomas R. Gerarde, Melinda P. Frechette, Howd & Ludorf, Hartford, CT, for First Fire District of the City of West Haven.

OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge.

This matter arises from the imbrication of two federal civil rights statutes with Connecticut's Building and Fire Safety Codes in the context of a group home for recovering drug and alcohol abusers. Despite the altruistic purposes of these State codes, plaintiffs ask this Court to enjoin their enforcement in the name of protecting the rights of handicapped and disabled persons under the Fair Housing Act of 1968, as...

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