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SOUTHERN ALAMEDA SPAN. SP. ORG. v. CITY OF UNION CITY, CAL.

No. 25195.

424 F.2d 291 (1970)

SOUTHERN ALAMEDA SPANISH SPEAKING ORGANIZATION (also known as SASSO); et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF UNION CITY, CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 16, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Bellman and Lewis M. Steel (argued), New York City, Johnathan Rutledge, D'Army Bailey, Cruz Reynoso, San Francisco, Cal., Sol Rabken and Robert Carter, New York City, for appellants.

John V. Trump (argued), of Bell, Trump, Sheppard & Raymond, Fremont, Cal., for appellees.

Anthony J. Garcia, San Leandro, Cal. and Pete Tijerina, Mario Obledo, San Antonio, Tex., for Mexican-American Defense and Education Fund, Farber & McKelvey, Seymor Farber and Edwin Lukas, San Francisco, Cal., for American Jewish Congress and American Jewish Committee, amicus curiae.

Before MERRILL and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges, and TAYLOR, District Judge.

MERRILL, Circuit Judge:

The principal appellant, the Southern Alameda Spanish Speaking Organization (SASSO), was successful in obtaining the passage of a city ordinance rezoning a tract of land within Union City, California, to a multi-family residential category in order to permit the construction of a federally financed housing project for low and moderate income families. The ordinance was nullified almost immediately by a city-wide referendum. By this action appellants...

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