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Criminal

Feb. 2, 2012

AG joins colleagues in discrimination case

California Attorney General Kamala Harris joined other state attorneys general in an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that anti-discrimination law can be enforced in cases where a housing policy looks neutral.

By Jason W. Armstrong
Daily Journal Staff Writer

California Attorney General Kamala Harris joined 11 other state attorneys general in an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that federal anti-discrimination law can be enforced in cases in which a housing policy looks neutral on the surface but has discriminatory undertones. The pending case, Magner v. Gallagher, involves a St. Paul, Minn. policy targeting low-income, renter-occupied homes in minority communit...

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