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GAUTREAUX v. CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 18681.

436 F.2d 306 (1970)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 18, 1971.

Stay Denied March 8, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick W. O'Brien, Kathyrn M. Kula, Watson B. Tucker, Chicago, Ill., for appellants; Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Alexander Polikoff, Bernard Weisberg, Merril A. Freed, Milton I. Shadur, Charles R. Markels, Cecil C. Butler, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.

Before DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge, and KILEY and PELL, Circuit Judges.

Stay Denied March 8, 1971. See 91 S.Ct. 980.

DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge.

This suit was commenced in 1966. All of the plaintiffs are Negroes and are either tenants or applicants for public housing. They challenged upon behalf of themselves and the members of their class, the constitutional validity of the site selection policy of the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA).

Plaintiffs' complaint contained four counts. Count I alleged that defendants intentionally...

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