No. 21-83
William H. Sorkpor v. The Harlo Fenway
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights equal-protection fair-housing housing-discrimination minority-rights section-1982 spending-power statutory-interpretation title-viii
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity EmploymentDiscrimina
SocialSecurity EmploymentDiscrimina
Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether Congress intended the Fair Housing Act to be construed β technically and broadly βto ensure that the Title VIII protection of a minority home-seeker's interest in equal spending power is preserved; or whether it is the intent of Congress for the courts to disregard the protection as well as the discriminatory-effects standard when they substitute "a dollar in the hands" of a minority home-seeker with racially correlating criteria, in search of intent to discriminate.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Congress intended the Fair Housing Act to be construed technically and broadly to ensure that the Title VIII protection of a minority home-seeker's interest in equal spending power is preserved
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-08-11
Waiver of right of respondent The Harlo Fenway to respond filed.
2021-04-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 20, 2021)
Attorneys
The Harlo Fenway
Laura J. Maechtlen — Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Respondent
William H. Sorkpor
William H. Sorkpor — Petitioner