Counsel in two Fair Housing Act cases filed a new joint proposed scheduling order as the case resumes after being in civil suspense. In both cases, the City of Miami Gardens, Florida, sued banks over allegedly discriminatory mortgage lending practices that resulted in loss of property values and diminishing the property taxes the city could collect. The cases were filed in 2014, but were stayed repeatedly while related or similar cases proceeded through the federal appellate courts, including trips to the U.S. Supreme Court in which CCL represented both Miami and Miami Gardens.

     In the current cases, Miami Gardens separately sued Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase. The city filed an amended complaint in January after the case was revived. The proposed scheduling order, filed March 15, outlines the parties agreed and conflicting positions on deadlines and various issues.