Kessler v. ADT Security Services, Inc.

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• explaining that defendant’s “specific contentions 14 about alleged deficiencies in methodology go to the weight of the evidence and are not dispositive 15 of the determination whether Plaintiffs have adequately pled discrimination at this procedural 16 stage.”
• finding “robust cause” where plaintiffs alleged that a policy of “delegation of discretion or failure to supervise and differential maintenance based on the properties’ age and value” caused a discriminatory impact.”
• alleging four year investigation of predominantly white neighborhoods and predominantly minority neighborhoods, across 38 metropolitan areas, which involved investigating over 2,300 properties owned and maintained by defendants, and the taking of 49,000 photographs
• “In order to show 14 disparate treatment based on race, ‘a plaintiff must establish that the defendant was motivated to 15 discriminate against the plaintiff on the basis of race.’ ”
• a “policy of delegation of discretion or failure to supervise” is cognizable
• a “policy of delegation of discretion or failure to supervise” is cognizable

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