SAN FRANCISCO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY v. NIXON

Nos. C-71-1133, C-71-1135.

329 F.Supp. 672 (1971)

SAN FRANCISCO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, etc., Plaintiff, v. President Richard M. NIXON et al., Defendants. The HOUSING AUTHORITY OF the CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, etc., Plaintiff, v. President Richard M. NIXON et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

July 30, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick P. Furth, San Francisco, Cal., Joseph L. Alioto, San Francisco, Cal., of counsel, for plaintiff San Francisco Redevelopment Agency.

Donald B. King, San Francisco, Cal., Joseph L. Alito, San Francisco, Cal., of counsel, for plaintiff Housing Authority of City and County of San Francisco.

James L. Browning, U. S. Atty., Brian B. Denton, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for defendant.


OLIVER J. CARTER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs in the instant actions seek mandamus from this Court directed to the President of the United States. They contend that the President is obligated under an appropriations bill (Pub.Law 91-609) passed by Congress and signed by him to allot the money appropriated to the various executive agencies involved. They contend that this is a merely ministerial duty and that mandamus by the United States District Court is an appropriate...

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