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BANK OF AMERICA v. CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA

Nos. 15-1111, 15-1112.

137 S.Ct. 1296 (2017)

581 U.S. 189

BANK OF AMERICA CORP. et al., Petitioners v. CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA. Wells Fargo & Co., et al., Petitioners v. City of Miami, Florida.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 1, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal K. Katyal, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

Robert S. Peck, for Respondents.

Curtis E. Gannon, for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the respondents.

David J. Zimmer, Goodwin Procter LLP, San Francisco, CA, William M. Jay, Thomas M. Hefferon, Matthew S. Sheldon, Andrew Kim, David S. Norris, Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

Victoria Méndez, Henry J. Hunnefeld, City of Miami, Office of the City Attorney, Miami, FL, Robert S. Peck, Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C., Fairfax Station, VA, Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California, Irvine, CA, Rachel Geman, Daniel E. Seltz, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, L.L.P., New York, NY, Joel Liberson, Howard Liberson, Trial & Appellate Resources, P.C., El Segundo, CA, Sherrie R. Savett, Sarah R. Schalman-Bergen, Patrick F. Madden, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Respondent.

Paul F. Hancock, Olivia Kelman, K&L Gates LLP, Miami, FL, Andrew C. Glass, K&L Gates LLP, Boston, MA, Neal Kumar Katyal, Frederick Liu, Colleen E. Roh Sinzdak, Morgan L. Goodspeed, Daniel J.T. Schuker, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC, Carol A. Licko, John F. O'Sullivan, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Miami, FL, for Petitioners.

The Fair Housing Act (FHA or Act) forbids

"discriminat[ing] against any person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling, or in the provision of services or facilities in connection therewith, because of race...." 42 U.S.C. § 3604(b).

It further...

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