M. M. CROCKIN CO. v. PORTSMOUTH REDEVELOPMENT & H. AUTH.

No. 15092.

437 F.2d 784 (1971)

The M. M. CROCKIN COMPANY, Inc., a Virginia corporation, et al., Appellants, v. PORTSMOUTH REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 2, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Nusbaum and Alan J. Hofheimer, Norfolk, Va. (Hofheimer, Nusbaum & McPhaul, Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellants.

William T. Mason, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty. (Brian P. Gettings, U. S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee George Romney.

H. Thomas Fennell, Jr., Portsmouth, Va. (Cooper & Davis, Portsmouth, Va., on the brief), for appellees Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority and Carroll A. Mason.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BOREMAN, and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.


BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

The M. M. Crockin Company (Crockin)1 seeks to prevent the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority (PRHA) from dismembering its retail business. The district court dismissed the action for failure to state a claim for which relief can be granted and for lack of jurisdiction. We reverse.

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For the purpose of this appeal we must accept...

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