Familystyle of St. Paul, Inc. v. City of St. Paul

Familystyle of St. Paul (Familystyle) (plaintiff) ran residential group homes for mentally ill individuals; Minnesota and the City of St. Paul (defendant) required new group homes of that type to be at least a quarter mile from any existing one, aiming to spread deinstitutionalized residents throughout the community rather than clustering them in one neighborhood. Familystyle sought a permanent permit to add three homes next to an existing one; the city granted only temporary permits while Familystyle looked elsewhere, then declined to renew them. Familystyle sued, claiming the spacing requirement violated the Fair Housing Act, and lost in the district court.