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Liability of interactive computer service for violating the Fair Housing Act / Henry Cohen.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Cohen, Henry, author.
- Series:
- CRS report for Congress.
- CRS report for Congress
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discrimination in housing--United States.
- Discrimination in housing.
- Interactive computer systems--United States.
- Interactive computer systems.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (6 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : Congressional Research Service, 2008.
- Summary:
- Specifically, the FHA does not apply to sales or rentals in some cases in which a single family home is sold or rented without the services of a real estate agent, and it does not apply to the sale or rental of rooms or units in dwellings occupied by no more than four families if the owner occupies one of the rooms or units. [...] The FHA's prohibition of advertising for legal conduct arguably violates the First Amendment, but the three-judge panel did not consider the question, and, for that reason, the en banc court also did not consider it. [...] The prankster in Carafano provided information that was not solicited by the operator of the website. [...] Carafano provided CDA immunity for information posted by a third party that was not, in any sense, created or developed by the website operator - indeed, that was provided despite the website's rules and policies.13 Reinhardt Opinion In the second opinion in Roommates.com, Judge Stephen Reinhardt joined Judge Kozinski's opinion for the court, but dissented with respect to Kozinski's finding that R [...] Judge Reinhardt's difference of opinion stemmed from his differing interpretation of the facts of the case, as he found "objective and subjective evidence that Roommate solicits users to set forth discriminatory requirements in the 'Additional Comments.'"14 Ikuta Opinion In the third opinion in Roommates.com, Judge Sandra S. Ikuta concurred with Judge Kozinski's opinion for the court that Roommate.
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