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HEYWARD v. PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

No. 16040.

238 F.2d 689 (1956)

Prince HEYWARD et al., Appellants, v. PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 30, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constance Baker Motley, Thurgood Marshall, New York City, A. T. Walden, Atlanta, Ga., Frank D. Reeves, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Shelby Myrick, Geo. C. Heyward, Myrick & Myrick, Savannah, Ga., for appellee Housing Authority of Savannah, Ga.

Donald B. MacGuineas, Atty. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul A. Sweeney, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellees, Public Housing Administration and Arthur R. Hanson.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and BORAH and BROWN, Circuit Judges.

BORAH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from two orders entered by the district court dismissing an action brought by Prince Heyward and seventeen other Negro citizens of the United States, residents of Savannah, Georgia, in their own behalf and in behalf of other Negroes similarly situated, against two groups of defendants, (1) the Public Housing Administration,1 and its Atlanta Field Office Director, Arthur Hanson, and (2) the Housing...

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