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For the third time in recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the Fair Housing Act bans discrimination based on disparate impact—that is, practices that have a discriminatory effect on members of a protected class, even if there’s no intentional discrimination. Twice before, the Court agreed to decide on the issue, but the cases were settled before it had a chance to issue a ruling.