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LINDSEY v. NORMET

Civ. No. 70-8.

341 F.Supp. 638 (1970)

Donald LINDSEY et al., Plaintiffs, v. Dorothea M. NORMET et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

September 10, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Clough, Joseph Morehead, Legal Aid, Portland, Or., for plaintiffs.

Thomas J. Lekas, Theodore Jensen, Portland, Or., for Dorothea Normet.

S. M. Suwol, Portland, Or., for Dorothy Brauser.

W. M. Martin, Portland, Or., for Housing Authority of Portland, G. W. Rossman.

Frank Whitaker, Portland, Or., for Don Timmons.

Robert Allen, Portland, Or., for Richard McGowan.

John Osburn, Atty. Gen., Salem, Or., for State of Oregon.

Before KILKENNY, Circuit Judge, and SOLOMON and GOODWIN, District Judges.

OPINION

ALFRED T. GOODWIN, District Judge:

This class action was brought to enjoin the enforcement in state courts of Oregon's Forcible Entry and Wrongful Detainer Law (ORS 105.105 to 105.160). Because plaintiffs assert unconstitutionality and demand an injunction, a three-judge court was convened under 28 U.S.C. § 2281.

The plaintiffs are tenants who, because of their poverty, are unable to obtain housing except in rental units that for various...

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