9th Circuit Affirms Ruling For Fair Housing Advocate In Suit Against Nursing Home

(October 19, 2023, 9:50 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s ruling in favor of a nonprofit that advocates to stop housing discrimination under the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA) and Arizona Fair Housing Act, finding that the nonprofit had standing to sue and seek injunctive relief against a nursing home that allegedly refused to provide an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter to a fictitious prospective resident and that “[t]he punitive damages award was not constitutionally excessive.”...