North Dakota Fair Housing Council, Inc. v. Peterson, 2001 ND 81; 625 N.W.2d 551 (N.D. 2001)
An unmarried couple who were denied rental housing based on their marital status sued the proposed landlord alleging violations of North Dakota’s Human Rights Act. In determining that the Act did not prohibit discrimination against unmarried couples who were cohabiting, the North Dakota Supreme Court analyzed an earlier Attorney General opinion. The court reaffirmed its…