Hodgson v. Consolidated Freightways, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a plaintiff may produce statistical evidence of discriminatory effects to establish a disparate-impact claim under the FHA
• “Steering blacks to a particular group of apartments in a complex effectively denies access to equal housing opportunities. . . . [S]teering evidences an intent to influence the choice of the renter on an impermissible racial basis.” (internal citation omitted)
• real estate agent violated § 3604(a) by “steering” blacks to a separate section of an apartment complex

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).