United States v. Town of Garner, North Carolina

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• holding that because the United States was not a party to a local administrative action and was not in privity with the aggrieved party, it could not be precluded from bringing its claims under a theory of res judicata
• because Government was not a party to prior administrative action, neither res judicata nor collateral estoppel could bar the Government’s FHA suit
• “Denial of a reasonable accommodation request may be actual or constructive, ‘as an indeterminate delay has the same effect as an outright denial’”

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