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U.S. v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Civ. Nos. 92-7108, 92-7110.

838 F.Supp. 223 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA, Defendant, DAVID B., et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

November 19, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Dunne, Asst. U.S. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Housing and Civil Enforcement Section, Paul F. Hancock, Chief, Housing and Civil Enforcement Section, Washington, DC, Catherine Votaw, Asst. U.S. Atty., Philadelphia, PA, Harvey L. Handley, III, Housing and Civil Enforcement Section, Civil Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for U.S.

Judith E. Harris, James B. Jordan, City of Philadelphia Law Dept., Debora M. Russo, Asst. City Sol., Michael F. Eichert, Deputy City Sol., Philadelphia, PA, for defendant.

David Rudovsky, Kairys & Rudovsky, David A. Kahne, Fine, Kaplan & Black, Stephen F. Gold, Philadelphia, PA, for David B., et al.

Stanley R. Krakower, Krakower & Mason, Philadelphia, PA, for Spring Garden Civic Ass'n, Inc., and Concerned Citizens of Francisville, Inc.

OPINION

LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.

These two cases arise under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601 et seq. In No. 92-7108, the plaintiff is the United States and it alleges that the defendant City of Philadelphia's failure to grant a requested zoning permit for a proposed home for homeless persons constitutes "a refusal to make reasonable accommodations in the rules, policies, practices, or services, when such accommodations...

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