Ninth Judicial Circuit
Sanghvi v. City of Claremont
328 F.3d 532 (9th Cir. 2003)
Z-PRM
The plaintiffs wanted to expand their residential Alzheimer's care facility
and sought to obtain sewer service from the city. The city refused because
of its policy against connecting properties outside of its corporate
limits and took various other actions to oppose the expansion. The trial court
granted the city's summary judgment motion on all claims except disparate
treatment
and reasonable accommodation. Subsequently, a jury returned a verdict
for
the city on those claims. On appeal, the circuit court held that the
jury's verdict
with respect to the disparate treatment claim was not contrary to the
clear evidence of record and that plaintiffs had presented no evidence that
the
requested accommodation was necessary to ensure equal housing opportunity
for the Alzheimer's
patients, but that the Sanghvis had sought the accommodation for their
personal benefit.
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