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GEORGIA STATE CONF. NAACP v. CITY OF LAGRANGE, GA

No. 18-10053.

940 F.3d 627 (2019)

GEORGIA STATE CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP, Troup County NAACP, Project South, Charles Brewer, Calvin Morland, April Walton, Pamela Williams, John Doe, #1, John Doe, #2, John Doe, #3, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF LAGRANGE, GEORGIA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 10, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reed N. Colfax , Alexa Milton , Joseph Wardenski , Relman Dane & Colfax, PLLC, WASHINGTON, DC, Sarah Elisabeth Geraghty , Atteeyah Hollie , Southern Center for Human Rights, ATLANTA, GA, Mayra Beatriz Joachin , Melissa S. Keaney , National Immigration Law Center, LOS ANGELES, CA, Karen Cassandra Tumlin , Law Offices of Karen Tumlin, LOS ANGELES, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jeffrey Marshall Todd , Lewis Taylor & Todd, PC, LAGRANGE, GA, Jeffrey R. Daniel , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, ATLANTA, GA, Kenneth Drew Jones , Hall Booth Smith, PC, ATLANTA, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Lisa J. Krisher , Georgia Legal Services Program, ATLANTA, GA, for Amici Curiae GEORGIA LEGAL SERVICES, ATLANTA VOLUNTEER LAWYERS FOUNDATION, and GEORGIA LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM.

Lindsey Meredith Siegel , Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc., DECATUR, GA, for Amicus Curiae ATLANTA LEGAL AID SOCIETY, INC.

Benjamin Gross Shatz , Manatt Phelps & Phillips, LLP, LOS ANGELES, CA, for Amici Curiae GEORGIA LATINO ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS and ALABAMA COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE.

Kristen Adrina Johnson , Jin Hee Lee , NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., NEW YORK, NY, Daniel Sparky Abraham , NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc, WASHINGTON, DC, for Amicus Curiae NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC.

Samuel Jacob Brooke , Emily Early , Southern Poverty Law Center, MONTGOMERY, AL, for Amicus Curiae SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER.

Elizabeth Brancart , Brancart & Brancart, PESCADERO, CA, for Amici Curiae ELIZABETH JULIAN, FORMER HUD ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, EVA PLAZA, FORMER HUD ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, JOHN D. TRASVINA, FORMER HUD ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, GUSTAVO VELASQUEZ, and FORMER HUD ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.

Daniel Sparky Abraham , NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc, WASHINGTON, DC, Jin Hee Lee , Samuel Spital , NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., NEW YORK, NY, for Amici Curiae NATIONAL FAIR HOUSING ALLIANCE, INC., CENTER FOR FAIR HOUSING, INC., CENTRAL ALABAMA FAIR HOUSING CENTER, FAIR HOUSING CENTER OF NORTHERN ALABAMA, FAIR HOUSING CONTINUUM, INC., FAIR HOUSING CENTER OF GREATER PALM BEACHES, INC., HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES PROJECT FOR EXCELLENCE, INC., METRO FAIR HOUSING SERVICES, INC., SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY FAIR HOUSING COUNCIL, INC., EQUAL JUSTICE SOCIETY, and THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS.

Before WILSON and BRANCH, Circuit Judges, and VINSON, District Judge.

This appeal requires us to decide whether § 3604(b) of the Fair Housing Act ("FHA"), 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.—which prohibits discrimination on the basis of "race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin" in connection with the "sale or rental of a dwelling, or in the provision of services...

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