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P. 1Villas at Parkside Partners v. Farmers Branch (5th Cir. 2013) (en banc)Villas at Parkside Partners v. Farmers Branch (5th Cir. 2013) (en banc)Ratings: (0)|Views: 72|Likes: 0Published by J CoxWe won!We won!More info:Published by: J Cox on Jul 22, 2013Copyright:Attribution Non-commercialAvailability:Read on Scribd mobile: iPhone, iPad and Android.download as PDF, TXT or read online from ScribdFlag for inappropriate content|Add to collectionSee moreSee lesshttps://www.scribd.com/doc/155423229/Villas-at-Parkside-Partners-v-Farmers-Branch-5th-Cir-2013-en-banc07/23/2013pdftextoriginal IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSFOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 10-10751 VILLAS AT PARKSIDE PARTNERS, doing business as Villas at Parkside;LAKEVIEW AT PARKSIDE PARTNERS, LIMITED, doing business asLakeview at Parkside; CHATEAU RITZ PARTNERS, doing business asChateau De Ville; MARY MILLER SMITH;Plaintiffs – Appelleesv.THE CITY OF FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS,Defendant – Appellant VALENTIN REYES; ALICIA GARZA; GINGER EDWARDS; JOSEGUADALUPE ARIAS; AIDE GARZA Plaintiffs – Appelleesv.CITY OF FARMERS BRANCHDefendant – Appellant Appeals from the United States District Courtfor the Northern District of Texas
July 22, 2013Lyle W. CayceClerk
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10-10751
Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and REAVLEY, JOLLY, DAVIS, JONES,SMITH, DENNIS, CLEMENT, PRADO, OWEN, ELROD, SOUTHWICK,HAYNES, GRAVES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.
HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge, joined by CARL E. STEWART, Chief Judge, andW. EUGENE DAVIS, LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, and HAYNES, CircuitJudges.“America’s history has long been a story of immigrants.”
That story, acomplicated history of inclusion and exclusion,
has unfolded according to law,but also contrary to law.
See Ex parte Kumezo Kawato
, 317 U.S. 69, 73-74(1942) (the United States is “a country whose life blood came from animmigrant stream.”). As the Supreme Court has emphasized—and indeed, asa constitutional imperative—a country’s treatment of non-citizens within itsborders can gravely affect foreign relations.
, 312 U.S. 52,62-68 (1941);
, 132 S. Ct. 2492, 2498-99 (2012) (“It isfundamental that foreign countries concerned about the status, safety, andsecurity of their nationals in the United States must be able to confer andcommunicate on this subject with one national sovereign, not the 50 separateStates.”).The Ordinance at issue in this case and passed by the active citizens of the City of Farmers Branch (“Farmers Branch”) seeks to regulate non-citizens
Proclamation No. 6398, 56 Fed. Reg. 66,951 (Dec. 23, 1991) (Presidential speechcommemorating the hundredth anniversary of Ellis Island).
J. Shklar, American Citizenship: The Quest for Inclusion, 5 (1991).
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who reside in the United States contrary to law. Farmers Branch, Tex.,Ordinance 2952 (Jan. 22, 2008),
permanently enjoined by Villas at Parkside Partners v. City of Farmers Branch, Tex.
, 701 F. Supp. 2d 835, 881 (N.D. Tex.2010). Farmers Branch classifies these non-citizens as persons “not lawfullypresent in the United States.”
at §§ 1(D)(2); 3(D)(2). Responding to an“aroused popular consciousness,”
, 369 U.S. 186, 270 (1962)(Frankfurter, J., dissenting), and frustration at the perceived lack of federalenforcement of immigration law, Farmers Branch sought to “prevent” suchpersons from renting housing in the city. The district court concluded,
, that the Ordinance was conflict preempted under federal law.
Villas at Parkside Partners
, 701 F. Supp. 2d at 881. Because we hold that theOrdinance’s criminal offense and penalty provisions and its state judicialreview process conflict with federal law, we AFFIRM the judgment of thedistrict court.
I.Farmers Branch, Texas, Ordinance 2952
Ordinance 2952 sets forth licensing provisions and criminal sanctions.The Ordinance requires individuals to obtain a license before occupying arented apartment or “single-family residence.” Ordinance 2952 at §§ 1(B)(1);3(B)(1). For persons not declaring themselves citizens or nationals of theUnited States, Farmers Branch’s building inspector must verify “with thefederal government whether the occupant is an alien lawfully present in theUnited States.”
at §§ 1(D)(1); 3(D)(1). Upon such inquiry, if the federalgovernment twice “reports” that the occupant is “not lawfully present in theUnited States,” then the building inspector must revoke the occupant’s license
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