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The outcome shapes future housing discrimination litigation."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 29, lines 8-36","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/15-1111_ca7d.pdf","page_label":"file page 29, lines 8-36"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 22-12","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/15-1111_ca7d.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 22-12"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 44, lines 36-40","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/15-1111_ca7d.pdf","page_label":"file page 44, lines 36-40"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 55, lines 8-16","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/15-1111_ca7d.pdf","page_label":"file page 55, lines 8-16"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. 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