POTRERO HILL COMMUNITY ACTION COM. v. HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 22012.

410 F.2d 974 (1969)

POTRERO HILL COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE, etc., et al., Appellants, v. The HOUSING AUTHORITY OF the CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

April 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Kayne (argued), Stafford L. Smith, Terry Hatter, San Francisco, Cal., Jack Greenberg, Leroy D. Clark, Charles S. Ralston, Gilbert T. Graham, New York City, for appellants.

Donald B. King (argued), San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before BARNES and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and McNICHOLS, District Judge.


DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a judgment of dismissal entered after the district court granted a motion to dismiss the complaint, without leave to amend. The plaintiffs seek to raise important questions as to the extent to which, if at all, tenants in a federally financed, low-rent housing project may assert claims against the local housing authority in the federal courts. We affirm because the trial court lacks jurisdiction.

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