Artisan/Am. Corp. v. City of Alvin, No. 09-20174

By FindLaw Staff on November 16, 2009 | Last updated on March 21, 2019

In an action alleging that defendant-city's denial of a permit for plaintiff to construct a low-income housing project was motivated by racial animus and that it had a discriminatory impact on racial minorities, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) there was no evidence that the resolutions passed by the city council constituted departures from the city's normal policy and procedure; 2) the city's interpretation of its own ordinance was not unreasonable; and 3) plaintiffs failed to raise a fact question as to whether the city's actions caused a significant discriminatory effect.

Read Artisan/Am. Corp. v. City of Alvin, No. 09-20174

Appellate Information

Filed November 13, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Higginbotham

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