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HEYWARD v. PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

No. 11865.

214 F.2d 222 (1954)

HEYWARD et al. v. PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank D. Reeves, Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Constance Baker Motley, New York City, of the bar of the Court of Appeals of New York, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, for appellants.

Mr. Donald M. MacGuineas, Attorney, Department of Justice, of the bar of the Supreme Court of Illinois, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., and Edward H. Hickey, Attorney, Department of Justice, were on the brief, for appellees.

Before EDGERTON, PRETTYMAN and FAHY, Circuit Judges.

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

The appellants, to whom we shall refer for convenience as plaintiffs, sued in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to obtain a declaratory judgment and to enjoin the Federal Public Housing Administration, its Commissioner, and the Housing and Home Finance Agency, and its Administrator. The complaint sought an adjudication whether, without violating rights secured to plaintiffs under the Fifth Amendment, the Housing Act...

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