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ASYLUM HILL PROBLEM SOLVING REVITALIZATION ASSOCIATION ET AL. v. GARY E. KING (SC 17313)
Borden, Norcott, Katz, Vertefeuille and Zarella, Js. Argued October 24, 2005--officially released February 21, 2006

Sarah W. Poston, with whom were Jonathan B. Orleans, and, on the brief, Annette M. Lamoreaux, for the appellants (plaintiffs). Sheila A. Huddleston, with whom were Derek L. Mogck and, on the brief, Joseph P. Williams, for the appellee (defendant). Shelley A. White, Greg Bass, Anne Louise Blanchard, Susan Ann Silverstein, pro hac vice, Michael Schuster, pro hac vice, Thomas Behrendt, Raphael Podolsky and Erin Kemple filed a brief for the American Association of Retired Persons et al. as amici curiae.
Opinion

KATZ, J. The plaintiffs, the Asylum Hill Problem Solving Revitalization Association (revitalization association) and Adrienne Brown, appeal from the judgment of the trial court rendered in favor of the defendant, Gary E. King, the president and executive director of the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (finance authority), following the trial court's decision to strike all three counts of the plaintiffs' complaint. Generally stated, the issue in this appeal is whether the plaintiffs can bring a cause of action to compel the finance authority to take affirmative steps to prevent racial segregation and high concentrations of poverty that allegedly have resulted from its administration of a federal low income housing tax credit program (tax credit program). More specifically, the plaintiffs claim that the following state and federal fair housing laws confer a private right of action affording equitable relief: (1) General Statutes

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