COLE v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF NEWPORT

Civ. A. No. 4265.

312 F.Supp. 692 (1970)

Catherine COLE et al. v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF the CITY OF NEWPORT et al.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

April 16, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry A. Fisher, and Joseph F. Dugan, of Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc., Providence, R. I., for plaintiffs.

Joseph J. Nicholson, Newport Housing Authority, Newport, R. I., for defendants.


OPINION

PETTINE, District Judge.

This is a civil rights suit authorized by 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in which the plaintiffs seek, on behalf of themselves and the class they represent, declaratory and injunctive relief against a two-year durational residency requirement for admission to federally financed public housing. Newport Housing Authority Regulations § 11(A) (4) (e) (Appendix A). Jurisdiction is properly...

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