*Pursuant to Local Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be

published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstancesset forth in LocalRule 47.5.4.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

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No. 96-20422

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TEXAS MANUFACTURED HOUSING ASSOCIATION, INC., ET AL.,

 Plaintiffs,

TEXAS MANUFACTURED HOUSING ASSOCIATION, INC.,

 Plaintiff-Appellant,

versus

CITY OF LA PORTE, and ZONING BOARD OF 

ADJUSTMENT OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE,

 DefendantsAppellees.

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Appeals from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

Houston Division

(H-94-CV-1066)

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April 10, 1997

Before JONES, STEWART, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges

PER CURIAM:*

The Texas Manufactured Housing Association, Inc., (“TMHA”) and Jan Stevenson
** Including, but not limited to, the letters of Mark S. Lewis, Chief Building Official of La

Porte, to Mrs. Stevenson dated October 6, 1993 and October 14, 1993, and the affidavit of Will

Ehrle, President and General Counsel of TMHA.

We have also reviewed the decision inColorado Manufactured Housing Association

v. Board of County Commissioners of the County of Pueblo, Colorado, 946 F. Supp. 1539 (1996),

submitted by TMHA pursuant to Rule 28(j) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. As to its

treatment of the preemption issue, we do not find that opinion to be contrary to our decision, since

the court only found preempted localordinances which permitted manufactured housing only ifit met

local building or safety codesthat were stricter than the federalrequirements. Id. at 1551-1552. The

court did not find preempted those zoning ordinances which completelybarredmanufactured housing

from residential zones. Id. 

As to the Colorado court’s treatment of the commerce clause issue, there is

insufficient discussion ofthe factsfound to barsummaryjudgment for the decision to have persuasive

effect on our decision. Id. at 1555.

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brought this suit against the City of La Porte and the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of La

Porte (collectively, “La Porte”) to challenge La Porte’s denial of Mrs. Stevenson’s request to place

a manufactured home on her lot in an R-1 residential district. La Porte denied the request pursuant

to its Ordinance 1501, which specifically excludes manufactured housing from R-1 residential

districts. Mrs. Stevenson eventually settled her claim with La Porte, and the district court granted

summary judgment for La Porte on all of TMHA’s numerous challenges to Ordinance 1501. On

appeal, TMHA only challenges the denial of its commerce clause, federal and state preemption, and

equal protection claims. 

Having carefully considered the oral arguments, briefs, the opinions of the district

court, and the record, we conclude that the recent panel decision in Texas Manufactured Housing

Ass’n, Inc. v. Nederland, 101 F.3d 1095 (5th Cir. 1996), essentially forecloses TMHA’s arguments.

In particular, we have reviewed the affidavits and exhibits** relied upon by TMHA at oral argument

to distinguish Nederland, and conclude that there is no distinction sufficient to raise a genuine issue
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of material fact on its commerce clause, preemption, or equal protection claims. Accordingly, we

AFFIRM the decision of the district court.