Pattern Recognition in Tyus v Urban Search Management

Making judgments requires recognizing patterns-paying attention and picking out recurrent features in a noisy environment. Judge Diane Wood's opinion in 'Tyus v Urban Search Management' is a masterwork in pattern recognition at several levels. It speaks to the need for legal doctrines capable of reaching subtle and cumulative acts of discrimination that continue to limit opportunities and stand in the way of the "truly integrated and balanced living patterns" that were part of the original vision of the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA).