Cases

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge: Hurricane Ike made landfall over Galveston Island in September 2008 and wrought widespread devastation on the region. Among the ruins were 569 public housing units comprising four sites located in impoverished areas of Galveston County. This case centers on a plan to replace those units in part by redeveloping on two of the sites destroyed

Re Document Nos.: 2, 4, 11, 12 MEMORANDUM OPINION GRanting Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and Denying Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, United States District Judge I. INTRODUCTION Iva Robbins and her adult son, Ivan Robbins, are recipients of housing

KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge, concurring in the judgment: I concur in the judgment which sends this case to a jury to resolve because the record could be read to contain at least one genuine issue of material fact, thereby *78precluding summary judgment. But I have reservations about my colleagues’ discussion of the factual record. I therefo

AMENDED MEMORANDUM OPINION (November 7, 2014) [Dkt. ##16, 20] RICHARD J. LEON, United States District Judge Plaintiffs American Insurance Association (“AIA”) and National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (“NAMIC”) (together “plaintiffs”) 1 brought this

ORDER MORITZ, Circuit Judge. These matters are before the court on the Petition for Rehearing or. Rehearing En Bane filed by Appellees in, numbers 14-1407 and 15-1060 and the Petition for Rehearing En Banc filed by Appellees in numbers 14-1313, 14-1331, 14-1338, 14-1340, and 14-1484. Upon consideration and in light of the parties’ pos

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER GREGG COSTA, Circuit Judge.* One of the last major laws enacted during the Civil Rights Era, the Fair Housing Act has played a critical role in combating housing discrimination since its enactment in 1968. Courts have applied the Act not only in cases involving individual “refus[als] to sell or rent” on the basis of race or other protected classes,

MORITZ, Circuit Judge. These consolidated appeals arise from a government agency’s decision to recapture, via administrative offset, funds that the agency allegedly overpaid to multiple grant recipients. The grant recipients brought suit in federal court, arguing in relevant part that the agency lacked authority to recapture the funds without first providing them with administrative hearings. The district court agreed and or

MEMORANDUM OPINION ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE, United States District Judge Judicial Watch, Inc. brings this action against the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. §§ 552, et seq. In response to a FOIA request made by plaintiff, defendant prod

MEMORANDUM OPINION REGGIE B. WALTON, United Stated District Court 'The plaintiff, Peter DeSilva, filed this civil case'against the defendant, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), alleging violations of the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (2012). See Complaint (“Compl.”

MEMORANDUM OPINION ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, United States District Judge This case arises from plaintiff Samuel Ortiz-Diaz’s allegations of discrimination against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Inspector General (“Agency”). Ortiz-Diaz alleges that Assistant Inspector General, Investigations, John McCarty, denied Or

MEMORANDUM OPINION EMMET G. SULLIVAN, District Judge. Plaintiff Robert E. Falkenstein, proceeding pro se, filed this Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) case against defendant U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”). Pending before the Court is defendant’s motion for summary judgment, filed on April 12, 2013. On May 8, 2013

678 F.3d 626 (2012) B.B. ANDERSEN, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, Defendant/Appellee. No. 11-3323. United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Submitted: April 19, 2012. Filed: May 3, 2012. *627 Richard W. Miller, Miller Law Firm, P.C., Kansas City, MO, for

MEMORANDUM OPINION ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, District Judge. Plaintiff Samuel Ortiz-Diaz brings this Title VII action against his former employer — defendant U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the Inspector General (“HUD-OIG”) — alleging retaliation and discrimination on the bases of race and national origin when HUD-OIG de

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ RAYLAND YOUNG, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, Respondent. ______________________ 2011-3232 ______________________ Petition for review of an arbitrator’s decision in FMCS no. 111228-52284-6, by Marvin J. Feldman.

McKAY, Circuit Judge. The dispute in this case involves interest earned on block grants made to Indian tribes pursuant to the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, 25 U.S.C. §§ 4101-4243. Specifically, Appellant Muscogee (Creek) Nation Division of Housing challenges both a regulation placing a two-year limit on the investment of grant funds and t

670 F.3d 1353 (2011) Marisa E. DIGGS, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, Respondent. No. 2010-3193. United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. November 1, 2011. Marisa E. Diggs, of Washington, DC, pro se. Katy M. Bartelma, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washi

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER GREGG COSTA, District Judge. Given the number of public issues that end up in federal court, one could understandably think that just about anyone may sue over just about anything. But the Constitution only empowers federal courts to decide “cases” and “controversies.” U.S. Const, art. Ill, § 2, cl. 1. “ ‘One of the controlling elements in the definition of a case

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge. Sheila White filed a complaint with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), claiming that property owner Gertie Wooten violated the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”), 42 U.S.C. § 3604(c). At issue is whether Wooten’s comments to White indicated a preference against renting to White on the basis of “familial status,” which under the

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge: Defendants, the Housing Authority of New Orleans (“HANO”) and its officers and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) and its officer, appeal the district court’s order granting class certification.1 For the following reasons, we vacate and remand. I Following Hurricane Katrina, HANO planned to dem

MEMORANDUM OPINION ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE, District Judge. Plaintiff Sharrelle Higgins has sued the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”), United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. She alleges that, because of her race (African-