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CITY OF AUSTIN v. PAXTON

No. 18-50646.

943 F.3d 993 (2019)

CITY OF AUSTIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ken PAXTON, Attorney General of the State of Texas; Texas Workforce Commission, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED December 4, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia L. Link , Hannah Vahl, Esq. , City of Austin, Law Department, Litigation Division, Austin, TX, far" Plaintiff-Appellee.

Lisa Bennett , Assistant Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Lanora Christine Pettit , Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before CLEMENT, ELROD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

The City of Austin enacted a housing ordinance that prohibits landlords from refusing tenants who wish to pay their rent with federal housing vouchers. Shortly thereafter, the State of Texas enacted a statute that sought to invalidate the City's ordinance and to allow landlords to continue to refuse federal vouchers...

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