Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
576 U.S. 519 · 2015
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedInclusive Communities Project, Inc. v. Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 249 (Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 42 · 29 U.S.C. § 206 (Equal Pay Act of 1963) · 29 U.S.C. § 621 (§ 2 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 29 U.S.C. § 623 (§ 4 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000D · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 703 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · City of Canton v. Harris
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Court holds that disparate-impact claims are cognizable under the Fair Housing Act upon considering its results-oriented language, the Court’s interpretation of similar language in Title VII and the ADEA, Congress’ ratification of disparate-impact claims in 1988 against the backdrop of the unanimous view of nine Courts of Appeals, and the statutory purpose.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“While the automatic or pervasive injection of race into public and private transactions covered by the [Fair Housing Act] has special dangers, it is also true that race may be considered in certain circumstances and in a proper fashion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development issued a regulation interpreting the FHA to encompass disparate-impact liability,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.