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Roommate-matching Web site discriminates, Ninth Circuit rules.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-JUL-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Web sites that ask users specific questions to determine their housing preferences with the aim of matching them with other users are engaging in discriminatory practices under the federal Fair Housing Act, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

Overturning a lower court decision, the appeals court found that housing Web site Roommates.com is not immune from liability under the Communications Decency Act (CDA) because it required users to input discriminatory content when seeking housing on the...

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