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GAUTREAUX v. ROMNEY

No. 71-1073.

448 F.2d 731 (1971)

Dorothy GAUTREAUX et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. George W. ROMNEY, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

September 10, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Polikoff, Bernard Weisberg, Merrill A. Freed, Charles R. Markels, Milton I. Shadur, Stuart R. Cohn, Cecil C. Butler, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Alan S. Rosenthal, Anthony J. Steinmeyer, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., William J. Bauer, U. S. Atty., L. Patrick Gray, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge, and FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.

DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge.

This suit is brought against the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Plaintiffs are all Negro tenants or applicants for public housing in the City of Chicago. They seek, on behalf of themselves and all other Negroes similarly situated, a declaration that the Secretary has "assisted in the carrying on * * * of a racially discriminatory public housing system, within the City of Chicago, Illinois." Plaintiffs...

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