Link to the pdf of the Brief SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION Docket No. A-003471-24 CIVIL ACTION On Appeal from an Interlocutory Order of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Mercer County Trial Court Docket No. MER-L-001076-18 Sat Below: Hon. Robert T. Lougy, A.J.S.C. LATINO ACTION NETWORK; NAACP NEW JERSEY STATE … [Read more...] about Brief of Amici Curiae PRRAC, NCSD, FSHC, NHLP, and The Redress Movement In Support Of Plaintiffs-Appellants
PRRAC in the Courts
Most of PRRAC’s advocacy is at the federal and state executive branch level – working to implement civil rights mandates in housing, education, and environmental justice. We have also been occasionally involved in litigation, as amici curiae in a number of key Supreme Court and appellate cases (see here), sometimes convening or working with expert witnesses, and on one occasion participating as a plaintiff (as part of the coalition that brought a challenge to Maryland’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit program). More recently, in response to the unlawful suspension of important civil rights rules that PRRAC worked so hard to secure during the Obama administration, we have joined as co-counsel in two direct litigation challenges to HUD’s authority, Open Communities Alliance et al v. Carson and National Fair Housing Alliance et al v. Carson (see below).
Amicus Brief in People v. Commons West, LLC (NHLP, PRRAC, NHLC August 2025)
Link to the pdf Case No.: CV-23-1255 New York Supreme Court Appellate Division—Third Department PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK by Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York, Petitioner-Appellant, – against – COMMONS WEST, LLC, COLLEGETOWN PLAZA, LLC, CITYVIEW, LLC, COLLEGETOWN CENTER, LLC, COLLEGETOWN COURT, LLC, FANE ENTERPRISES, INC. and JASON H … [Read more...] about Amicus Brief in People v. Commons West, LLC (NHLP, PRRAC, NHLC August 2025)
Open Communities Alliance v. HUD (2020)
Link to this case 10/22/2020 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT OPEN COMMUNITIES ALLIANCE and SOUTHCOAST FAIR HOUSING, Plaintiffs, -against- UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, and BEN CARSON, in his official capacity as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Defendants. Civil … [Read more...] about Open Communities Alliance v. HUD (2020)
Opinion of the Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota (January 2024)
Link to the full opinion STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS A23-0191 Fletcher Properties, Inc., et al., Appellants, vs. City of Minneapolis, Respondent, Poverty & Race Research Action Council, et al., Respondents, HOME Line, Respondent. Filed January 16, 2024 Affirmed Frisch, Judge Hennepin County District Court File No. 27-CV-17-9410 Tamara … [Read more...] about Opinion of the Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota (January 2024)
Brief of Respondents/Amici in Fletcher Properties, Inc., et al. vs. City of Minneapolis (PRRAC, Housing Justice Center June 2023)
June 29, 2023 Challenge to Minneapolis city source of income discrimination law based on constitutional takings claims [Link to the full brief] STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS A23-0191 Fletcher Properties, Inc., et al., Appellants, vs. City of Minneapolis, Respondent Poverty & Race Research Action Council, et al., Respondents, HOME Line, Respondent. … [Read more...] about Brief of Respondents/Amici in Fletcher Properties, Inc., et al. vs. City of Minneapolis (PRRAC, Housing Justice Center June 2023)
