A developer of a residential subdivision (project) appealed from a United States District Court decision which dismissed the developer’s claims against a Village under 42 USC §1983 and the Fair Housing Act (FHA), 42 USC §12101 et seq.

The developer challenged the Village’s denials of its building permit applications (applications) for five lots that the developer intended to use for the 181-unit Project. The developer alleged that the Village “was motivated by discriminatory animus toward the Hasidic Jewish community, to which (developer) intended to market the residential development, in violation of the Equal Protection Clause, U.S. Const. amend. XIV, §1, cl. 4, and the FHA.”