bank america corp et al city miami florida argued november decided may city miami filed suit bank america wells fargo banks alleging violations fair housing act fha act fha prohibits among things racial discrimination connection transactions permits aggrieved person file civil damages action violation act city complaints charge banks intentionally targeted predatory practices latino neighborhoods residents lending minority borrowers worse terms equally creditworthy nonminority borrowers inducing defaults failing extend refinancing loan modifications minority borrowers fair terms city alleges banks discriminatory conduct led disproportionate number foreclosures vacancies neighborhoods impaired city effort assure racial integration diminished city revenue increased demand police fire municipal services district dismissed complaints grounds harms alleged fell outside zone interests fha protects complaints failed show sufficient causal connection city injuries banks discriminatory conduct eleventh circuit reversed held city aggrieved person authorized bring suit fha addition satisfying constitutional standing requirements see spokeo robins plaintiff must show statute grants plaintiff cause action asserts presumed statute ordinarily provides cause action plaintiffs whose interests within zone interests protected law invoked lexmark static control components city claims financial injury least arguably within zone interests fha protects association data processing service organizations camp fha defines aggrieved person person either claims injured discriminatory housing practice believes injury occur said definition person aggrieved original version fha showed congressional intention define standing broadly permitted article iii constitution trafficante metropolitan life ins held act permits suit parties similarly situated city see gladstone realtors village bellwood village alleging lost tax revenue racial balance community undermined practices backdrop decisions congress materially alter definition person aggrieved reenacted current version act banks nonetheless contend definition sets boundaries fall short constitution sets even assuming form argument valid concludes city financial injuries fall within zone interests fha protects city claims similar kind village bellwood held gladstone supra bring suit fha explained defendants discriminatory conduct adversely affected village among things producing significant reduction property values directly injures municipality diminishing tax base thus threatening ability bear costs local government provide services city alleged economic injuries thus arguably fall within fha zone interests previously interpreted statute stare decisis principles compel adherence precedents principles statutory interpretation demand respect congress decision ratify precedents reenacted relevant statutory text pp eleventh circuit erred concluding complaints met fha requirement based solely finding city alleged financial injuries foreseeable results banks misconduct claim damages fha akin tort action meyer holley thus subject requirement loss attributable proximate cause remote cause lexmark analysis asks whether harm alleged sufficiently close connection conduct statute prohibits respect fha foreseeability alone ensure required close connection nothing statute suggests congress intended provide remedy foreseeable result fha violation may ripples harm far beyond defendant misconduct associated gen contractors carpenters risk massive complex damages litigation rather proximate cause fha requires direct relation injury asserted injurious conduct alleged holmes securities investors protection corporation repeatedly applied directness principles statutes foundations anza ideal steel supply general cases regard damages least go beyond first step hemi group llc city new york falls within step depends part nature statutory cause action lexmark supra assessment administratively possible convenient holmes supra declines draw precise boundaries proximate cause fha particularly neither eleventh circuit courts appeals weighed issue instead lower courts define first instance contours proximate cause fha decide standard applies city claims lost revenue increased municipal expenses pp vacated remanded breyer delivered opinion roberts ginsburg sotomayor kagan joined thomas filed opinion concurring part dissenting part kennedy alito joined gorsuch took part consideration decision cases opinion notice opinion subject formal revision publication preliminary print reports readers requested notify reporter decisions washington typographical formal errors order corrections may made preliminary print goes press nos et al et al writs certiorari appeals eleventh circuit may justice breyer delivered opinion fair housing act fha act forbids discriminat ing person terms conditions privileges sale rental dwelling provision services facilities connection therewith race makes unlawful person entity whose business includes engaging residential real transactions discriminate person making available transaction terms conditions transaction race statute allows aggrieved person file civil action seeking damages violation statute defines aggrieved person include person claims injured discriminatory housing practice city miami claims two banks bank america wells fargo intentionally issued riskier mortgages less favorable terms latino customers issued similarly situated white customers violation app city amended complaints alleges discriminatory practices adversely impacted racial composition city impaired city goals assure racial integration desegregation ibid frustrate city longstanding active interest promoting fair housing securing benefits integrated community disproportionately cause foreclosures vacancies minority communities miami foreclosures vacancies harmed city decreasing property value foreclosed home well values homes neighborhood thereby reduc ing property tax revenues city forcing city spend municipal services provided still must provide remedy blight unsafe dangerous conditions exist properties foreclosed result banks illegal lending practices city claims practices violate fha entitled damages listed injuries banks respond complaints set forth cause action two basic reasons first contend city claimed harms arguably fall within zone interests statute seeks protect association data processing service organizations camp hence city aggrieved person entitled sue act second say complaint fails draw connection violation claimed harm allegedly suffered view even city proves violations charges distance violations harms city claims suffered simply great entitle city collect damages hold city claimed injuries fall within zone interests fha arguably protects hence city aggrieved person able bring suit statute also hold establish proximate cause fha plaintiff must show injuries foreseeably flowed alleged statutory violation lower decided cases theory foreseeability statute requires vacate remand proceedings city miami brought lawsuits federal two banks bank america wells fargo city complaints charge banks discriminatorily imposed onerous indeed predatory conditions loans made minority borrowers similarly situated nonminority borrowers app predatory practices included among others excessively high interest rates unjustified fees teaser loans overstated refinancing opportunities large prepayment penalties default loomed unjustified refusals refinance modify loans due discriminatory nature banks practices default foreclosure rates among minority borrowers higher among otherwise similar white borrowers concentrated minority neighborhoods higher foreclosure rates lowered property values diminished revenue higher foreclosure rates especially accompanied vacancies also increased demand municipal services police fire building code enforcement services needed remedy blight unsafe dangerous conditions foreclosures vacancies generate complaints describe statistical analyses trace city financial losses banks discriminatory practices district dismissed complaints grounds harms alleged economic discriminatory fell outside zone interests fha protects complaints fail show sufficient causal connection city injuries banks discriminatory conduct complaints fail allege unlawful activity occurring within act statute limitations city filed amended complaints complaints us sought reconsideration district held amended complaints solve statute limitations problem consequently declined reconsider dismissals appeals reversed district held city injuries fall within zone interests lexmark static control components slip fha protects relying trafficante metropolitan life ins gladstone realtors village bellwood havens realty coleman similar added complaints adequately allege proximate cause remanded cases ordering district accept city complaints amended banks filed petitions certiorari asking us decide whether appeals effect held amended complaints satisfied fha requirements agreed ii satisfy constitution restriction jurisdiction cases controversies art iii plaintiff must demonstrate constitutional standing plaintiff must show injury fact fairly traceable defendant conduct likely redressed favorable judicial decision spokeo robins slip citing lujan defenders wildlife also referred plaintiff need satisfy prudential statutory standing requirements see lexmark slip lexmark said label misleading requirement issue reality tied particular statute ibid question whether statute grants plaintiff cause action asserts answering question presume statute ordinarily provides cause action plaintiffs whose interests fall within zone interests protected law invoked slip internal quotation marks omitted added hether plaintiff comes within zone interests issue requires us determine using traditional tools statutory interpretation whether legislatively conferred cause action encompasses particular plaintiff claim slip internal quotation marks omitted conclude city claims financial injury amended complaints specifically lost tax revenue extra municipal expenses satisfy prudential standing requirement use language data processing city claims injury suffered result statutory violations least arguably within zone interests fha protects emphasis added fha permits aggrieved person bring lawsuit statute defines aggrieved person person either claims injured discriminatory housing practice believes injury occur repeatedly written fha definition person aggrieved reflects congressional intent confer standing broadly said definition person aggrieved original version fha stat showed congressional intention define standing broadly permitted article iii constitution trafficante supra quoting hackett mcguire brothers see gladstone supra similar havens realty supra similar see also thompson north american stainless lp later opinions must acknowledge reiterate term fha reaches far article iii permits bennett spear trafficante held standing expanded full extent permitted article iii civil rights act thus held act allows suits white tenants claiming deprived benefits interracial associations discriminatory rental practices kept minorities apartment complex trafficante village alleging lost tax revenue racial balance community undermined practices gladstone nonprofit organization spent money combat housing discrimination havens realty contrary dissent view cases sugges plaintiffs similarly situated city cause action fha post held much dissent wrong say characterized cases resting dictum post quoting thompson supra dictum cast doubt thompson addressed may sue title vii employment discrimination statute fha finally congress amended fha retained without significant change definition person aggrieved broadly construed compare stat stat codified changing person aggrieved aggrieved person making minor changes definition indeed congress aware precedent made considered judgment retain relevant statutory text texas dept housing community affairs inclusive communities project slip see stating bill adopts definition language similar contained section existing law modified reaffirm broad holdings cases discussing gladstone havens realty cf lorillard pons congress normally adopts interpretations statutes reenacts statute without change banks deny broad reach words aggrieved person defined fha contend words nonetheless set boundaries fall short constitution sets brief petitioners brief wells fargo brief petitioners pp brief bank america language trafficante gladstone havens realty argue exaggerated unnecessary decide cases see brief wells fargo brief bank america moreover warn taking words literally providing everyone constitutional standing cause action fha produce legal anomaly thompson held words claiming title vii civil rights act employment discrimination statute stretch statute zone interest limits article iii reasoned interpretation produce farfetched results example shareholder company bring title vii suit company discriminatorily firing employee ibid banks say similarly farfetched restaurants plumbers utility companies participant local economy sue banks recover business lost people give homes leave neighborhood result banks discriminatory lending practices brief wells fargo brief bank america believe intent congress enacted amended fha need discuss banks argument length even assume argument sake form valid nonetheless conclude city financial injuries fall within zone interests fha protects case law respect fha drives conclusion city complaints allege banks intentionally targeted predatory practices latino neighborhoods residents app similar unlawful conduct led concentration foreclosures vacancies neighborhoods concentrated foreclosures vacancies caused stagnation decline latino neighborhoods hindered city efforts create integrated stable neighborhoods highly relevant reduced property values diminishing city revenue increasing demand municipal services claims similar kind claims village bellwood raised gladstone plaintiff village alleged housing market wrongfully illegally manipulated economic social detriment citizens village quoting complaint alterations original held village bring suit wrote complaint effect alleged racial steering affect ed village racial composition reduce total number buyers bellwood housing market precipitate exodus white residents caused prices deflected downward circumstances adversely affected village among things producing significant reduction property values directly injures municipality diminishing tax base thus threatening ability bear costs local government provide services emphasis added upshot city alleges economic injuries arguably fall within fha zone interests previously interpreted statute principles stare decisis compel adherence precedents context principles statutory interpretation require us respect congress decision ratify precedents reenacted relevant statutory text see supra iii remaining question one causation banks allegedly discriminatory lending practices proximately cause city lose revenue spend municipal services eleventh circuit concluded answer yes city plausibly alleged financial injuries foreseeable results banks misconduct conclude foreseeability alone sufficient establish proximate cause fha therefore vacate judgment established principle common law cases loss attribute proximate cause remote cause lexmark slip assume congress familiar rule mean displace sub silentio federal causes action ibid claim damages fha akin tort action meyer holley exception traditional requirement analysis controlled nature statutory cause action question presents whether harm alleged sufficiently close connection conduct statute prohibits lexmark supra slip cases conduct statute prohibits consists intentionally lending minority borrowers worse terms equally creditworthy nonminority borrowers inducing defaults failing extend refinancing loan modifications minority borrowers fair terms city alleges banks misconduct led disproportionate number foreclosures vacancies specific miami neighborhoods foreclosures vacancies purportedly harmed city lost revenue value properties neighborhoods fell forced spend municipal services affected areas eleventh circuit concluded city adequately pleaded banks misconduct proximately caused financial injuries held context fha proper standard proximate cause based foreseeability city continued satisfied element although several links causal chain charged discriminatory lending practices claimed losses city plausibly alleged none unforeseeable conclude eleventh circuit erred holding foreseeability sufficient establish proximate cause fha explained proximate cause generally bars suits alleged harm remote defendant unlawful conduct lexmark supra slip context fha foreseeability alone ensure close connection proximate cause requires housing market interconnected economic social life violation fha may therefore expected cause ripples harm far beyond defendant misconduct associated gen contractors carpenters nothing statute suggests congress intended provide remedy wherever ripples travel entertaining suits recover damages foreseeable result fha violation risk massive complex damages litigation rather proximate cause fha requires direct relation injury asserted injurious conduct alleged holmes securities investors protection corporation damages claim statute analogous number tort actions recognized common law curtis loether repeatedly applied directness principles statutes foundations anza ideal steel supply general cases regard damages least go beyond first step hemi group llc city new york falls within first step depends part nature statutory cause action lexmark supra slip assessment administratively possible convenient holmes supra parties asked us draw precise boundaries proximate cause fha determine side line city financial injuries fall decline eleventh circuit grounded decision theory proximate cause fha based foreseeability alone therefore lack benefit judgment contrary principles stated apply fha appeals weighed issue lower courts define first instance contours proximate cause fha decide standard applies city claims lost revenue increased municipal expenses iv judgments appeals eleventh circuit vacated cases remanded proceedings consistent opinion ordered justice gorsuch took part consideration decision cases opinion thomas nos et al et al writs certiorari appeals eleventh circuit may justice thomas justice kennedy justice alito join concurring part dissenting part cases arise lawsuits filed city miami alleging residential mortgage lenders engaged discriminatory lending practices violation fair housing act fha fha prohibits discrimination person race color religion sex handicap familial status national origin respect sale rental dwelling accord miami complaints allege defendant discriminated within meaning fha neither miami attempting bring lawsuit behalf residents petitioners allegedly discriminated rather miami theory petitioners allegedly discriminatory practices led defaulted loans led foreclosures led vacant houses led decreased property values led reduced property taxes urban blight see miami seeks damages lenders reduced property tax revenues cost increased municipal services police firefighters building inspectors debris collectors others deployed attend blighted areas today holds congress intended remedy kinds injuries enacted fha leaves open question whether miami sufficiently alleged discriminatory lending practices caused injuries reasons explained hold miami injuries fall outside fha zone interests also hold event miami alleged injuries remote satisfy fha requirement plaintiff seeking bring suit federal statute must show standing article iii ante also complaint fall within zone interests protected law invokes lexmark static control components slip internal quotation marks omitted requirement root ed rule providing plaintiff may recover law negligence injuries caused violation statute statute interpreted designed protect class persons plaintiff included risk type harm fact occurred result violation slip quoting keeton dobbs keeton owen prosser keeton law torts pp ed made clear congress presumed legislate background rule lexmark slip internal quotation marks omitted thus apply statutorily created causes action unless expressly negated ibid emphasis added internal quotation marks omitted whether plaintiff comes within zone interests issue requires us determine using traditional tools statutory interpretation whether legislatively conferred cause action encompasses particular plaintiff claim slip internal quotation marks omitted nothing text fha suggests congress intended deviate limitation statute mechanism provides aggrieved person may sue statute defines aggrieved person mean someone claims injured discriminatory housing practice believes injured discriminatory housing practice occur language hint much less expressly provide congress sought depart rule considered similar language statutes reached conclusion thompson north american stainless lp example considered title vii provision provides person claiming may file employment discrimination charge equal employment opportunity commission quoting unanimously concluded congress depart limitation title vii using language lexmark interpreted provision lanham act permitted person believes likely damaged defendant false advertising sue slip internal quotation marks omitted even faced broader person language expressly rejected argument statute conferred cause action upon anyone claiming article iii injury fact observed unlikely congress meant allow factually injured plaintiffs recover concluded test appropriate tool determining may invoke cause action statute slip internal quotation marks omitted sure language older precedents suggests fha zone interests extends limits article iii see trafficante metropolitan life ins gladstone realtors village bellwood havens realty coleman since described language dictum leading absurd consequences thompson observed holdings cases compatible interests limitation described thompson ibid limitation provides plaintiff may sue interests marginally related inconsistent purposes implicit statute assumed congress intended permit suit internal quotation marks omitted thus exclud es plaintiffs might technically injured article iii sense whose interests unrelated statutory prohibitions ibid view miami asserted injuries marginally related inconsistent purposes fha fall outside zone interests case text fha defines zone interests statute protects see lexmark supra slip fha permits aggrieved person sue claims injured discriminatory housing practice believes injured discriminatory housing practice occur emphasis added specifically fha makes unlawful following basis race color religion sex handicap familial status national origin refuse sell rent dwelling discriminate terms conditions privileges sale rental dwelling provision services facilities connection therewith make print publish notice statement advertisement respect sale rental dwelling indicates preference limitation discrimination represent person dwelling available inspection sale rental dwelling fact available induce person sell rent dwelling representations regarding entry prospective entry neighborhood person persons certain characteristics discriminate provision real estate brokerage services quintessential aggrieved person cases involving violations fha prospective home buyer lessee discriminated leasing process cases also suggested interests person lives neighborhood apartment complex remains segregated risks becoming segregated result discriminatory housing practice may arguably within outer limit interests fha protects see trafficante supra concluding one purpose fha promote truly integrated balanced living patterns internal quotation marks omitted miami asserted injuries arguably related interests statute protects miami asserts received reduced property tax revenues app forced spend money municipal services provided still must provide remedy blight unsafe dangerous conditions see also ante city blames expenditures falling property values vacant homes resulted foreclosures nothing text fha suggests congress concerned decreased property values foreclosures urban blight much less strains municipal budgets might follow miami interests markedly distinct interests confronted trafficante gladstone havens trafficante one white one black tenant apartment complex sued ground complex discriminated nonwhite rental applicants argued discrimination deprived social economic benefits living integrated community gladstone residents village sued based alleged discrimination process contended white home buyers steered away racially integrated neighborhood toward neighborhood whereas black home buyers steered away neighborhood toward integrated neighborhood plaintiffs thus alleged denied right select housing without regard race ibid internal quotation marks omitted village also sued alleging fha violations affecting racial composition replacing presently integrated neighborhood segregated one budget strained resulting lost tax revenues finally havens one white one black plaintiff sued posed testers purpose collecting evidence unlawful steering practices according complaint owner apartment complex told white plaintiff apartments available told black plaintiff apartments held white plaintiff sue provided truthful information black plaintiff sue fha requires truthful information housing without regard race three cases plaintiffs claimed injuries based racial steering segregation interests precedents least arguably fall within zone interests fha protects miami asserted injuries implicate none interests miami assert injured based efforts lenders steer certain residents one neighborhood rather another miami even assert injured neighborhoods segregated miami therefore majority describes similarly situated plaintiffs trafficante gladstone havens ante rather miami asserts injuries allegedly resulting vacant homes fha zone interests expansive include kinds injuries today reaches opposite conclusion resting entirely brief mention gladstone village asserted injury reduced tax revenues principles stare decisis see ante think gladstone compels conclusion majority reaches unlike cases gladstone involved injuries interests racial balance stability cases suggested arguably fall within zone interests protected fha see supra fact village plaintiff asserted injury addition injury mean city alleging injury authorized sue injury might necessary establish sufficiently concrete particularized injury purposes article iii sufficient satisfy fha limitation although reliance gladstone misplaced opinion today notable primarily say first conspicuously reaffirm broad language trafficante gladstone havens suggesting congress intended permit person article iii standing sue fha appeals felt bound language see granted review despite absence circuit conflict decide whether language survived thompson lexmark see brief petitioner limiting suit person congress require fha plaintiff plead article iii brief petitioner whether term fair housing act imposes requirement stringent requirement article iii today opinion avoids questions presented thus read retreating recent precedents limitation second reject lenders arguments many kinds injuries fall outside fha zone interests explained thompson expansive reading title vii zone interests allow shareholder sue company firing valuable employee racially discriminatory reasons long show value stock decreased consequence petitioners similarly argue miami sue lost tax revenues fha plumbers utility companies participant local economy sue banks recover business lost people give homes leave neighborhood result banks discriminatory lending practices ante citing petitioners briefs today decides need discuss argument gladstone stare decisis compel conclusion miami sue ante conclusion wrong least narrow accordingly read authorize suits local businesses alleging injuries miami alleges ii although disagree holding agree conclusions proximate cause far go correctly holds foreseeability alone sufficient establish proximate cause fha ante instead statute requires direct relation injury asserted injurious conduct alleged ante quoting holmes securities investor protection corporation articulating test proximate cause remands appeals decline draw precise boundaries proximate cause fha determine side line city financial injuries fall ante cases come motion dismiss appeals advantage us evaluating complaint theory moreover majority opinion leaves little doubt neither miami similarly situated plaintiff satisfy rigorous standard proximate cause adopts leaves appeals apply see ante general tendency cases regard damages least go beyond first step internal quotation marks omitted miami account causation shows link alleged fha violation asserted injuries exceedingly attenuated according miami lenders injurious conduct target ing black latino customers miami predatory loans brief respondent internal quotation marks omitted according miami injuries asserted loss tax revenues expenditure additional monies municipal services address consequences urban blight miami describes chain causation injurious conduct asserted injuries proceeds follows result lenders discriminatory loan practices borrowers predominantly minority neighborhoods likely default home loans leading foreclosures foreclosures led vacant houses vacant houses turn led decreased property values surrounding homes ibid finally decreased property values resulted homeowners paying lower property taxes city government ibid also miami explains vacant homes eventually led vagrancy criminal activity threats public health safety city address expenditures municipal resources ibid occurred according miami see ibid appeals need look far discern independent events might well caused injuries miami alleges cases light attenuated chain causation miami asserted injuries remote injurious conduct alleged see associated gen contractors carpenters indeed conclusion lead disquieting consequences miami theory causation injuries one step removed allegedly discriminatory lending practices injuries suffered neighboring homeowners whose houses declined value one suggests homeowners sue fha think clear accordingly hold miami failed sufficiently plead proximate cause fha iii foregoing reasons reverse appeals footnotes together wells fargo et al city miami florida also certiorari