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COHEN v. PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

No. 16863.

257 F.2d 73 (1958)

Queen COHEN, Appellant, v. PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 11, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constance Baker Motley, A. T. Walden, Atlanta, Ga., Thurgood Marshall, New York City, for appellant.

Shelby Myrick, Sr., George C. Heyward, Myrick, Myrick & Richardson, Savannah, Ga., for appellee Housing Authority of Savannah.

George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul A. Sweeney, Donald B. MacGuineas, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee Public Housing Administration.

Before RIVES, BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

The complaint was originally brought by eighteen Negro residents of Savannah, Georgia for an injunction, declaratory judgment and money damages on account of racial segregation in public housing in that City, allegedly enforced by the Public Housing Administration (hereinafter called P.H.A.) and the Housing Authority of Savannah (hereinafter called S.H.A.). Earlier orders of the district court dismissing the action1

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