LOUISIANA FAIR HOUSING v. AZALEA GARDEN PROPERTIES

No. 22-30609.

82 F.4th 345 (2023)

LOUISIANA FAIR HOUSING ACTION CENTER, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AZALEA GARDEN PROPERTIES, L.L.C., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED September 14, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah Watson , Jodi De'Shae Hill, Esq. , Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael Ethan Botnick, Esq. , Phillip Jay Antis, Jr. , Alex Benjamin Rothenberg , Gordon Arata Montgomery Barnett, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Marie Claire Tran Leung , Redondo Beach, CA, for Amicus Curiae National Housing Law Project.

Yael Bortnick , Elizabeth Parr Hecker , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae United States of America.

Ross Anthony Mortillaro , Stinson, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Amici Curiae Texas Appleseed, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

Stacy E. Seicshnaydre , Tulane University Law School, John Giffen Weinmann Hall, New Orleans, LA, for Amicus Curiae Criminal Justice, Housing, Faith-Based, and Health Care Non-Profit Organizations.

Shelby Hannah Leighton , Attorney, Public Justice, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae National Fair Housing Alliance, Center for Responsible Lending, Fair Housing Council of Greater San Antonio, Greater Houston Fair Housing Center, North Texas Fair Housing Center.

Before Elrod, Ho, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.


Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center (LaFHAC) sued Azalea Garden Properties, LLC (Azalea Garden), alleging that Azalea Garden discriminated on the basis of race and disability at its apartment complex in Jefferson, Louisiana, in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA). The district court dismissed LaFHAC's disability...

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