United States Ninth Circuit

An independent fair housing services provider engaged in advocacy efforts may sue the city with which it contracts for retaliating against the provider in response to that advocacy under the Fair Housing Act, 42 USC 3617 and California's Fair Employment and Housing Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/10/2001
• Decided 08/31/2001
• Published 08/31/2001

Judges

• Before:  NOONAN, SILVERMAN, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Barrett S. Litt,Litt & Marquez, Los Angeles, California, for the counter-claimant-appellant., Krista Macnevin Jee, Law Office of Richard D. Jones, Fullerton, California, for the amici curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kristin A. Pelletier and Richard R. Terzian, Bannan, Green, Frank, & Terzian, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellee.