United States Ninth Circuit

Community fair housing organization suffered injury sufficient to convey first-party standing to sue by utilizing resources to identify and fight illegal housing discrimination on basis of race; entry of default, award of compensatory and punitive damages to plaintiff, and monetary sanctions against defendant were properly entered.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/19/2001
• Decided 04/09/2002
• Published 04/09/2002

Judges

• RONEY, Circuit Judge., Before: RONEY , HUG and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael K. Johnson,Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard LLP, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellant., Thomas V. Loran III, Kim Zeldin, Pillsbury Winthrop, LLP, San Francisco, CA; D. Scott Chang, Belmont, CA, for plaintiff-appellee.