Housing-Bias Claims at Risk as High Court Weighs Curbing Suits

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The U.S. Supreme Court is positioned to wipe out a major category of housing-discrimination suits, and civil rights groups are running out of ways to stop it.

In arguments Wednesday in Washington, the court will consider requiring people suing under the U.S. Fair Housing Act to prove that discrimination by a bank, insurer or government agency was intentional.