Galveston judge tosses public housing lawsuit

GALVESTON – A Galveston federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit aimed at halting the reconstruction of public housing on Galveston Island damaged by Hurricane Ike.

U.S. District Judge Greg Costa dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning that the lawsuit cannot be refiled. The lawsuit claimed that rebuilding public housing would discriminate against minorities.

Groups representing minorities, such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, opposed the lawsuit.