GAUTREAUX v. CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 66 C 1459.

296 F.Supp. 907 (1969)

Dorothy GAUTREAUX et al., Plaintiffs, v. The CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois, E. D.

February 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Polikoff, Charles R. Markels and Bernard Weisberg, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Kathryn M. Kula, John W. Hunt, and James T. Otis, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

AUSTIN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, Negro tenants in or applicants for public housing, sue on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated alleging that defendants, the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA), a municipal corporation, and C. E. Humphrey, Executive Director of CHA, have violated their rights under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. Count I charges that defendants intentionally chose sites...

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