LOWER KENSINGTON CIVIC ASSOCIATION v. WATSON

Civ. A. No. 71-1993.

330 F.Supp. 1257 (1971)

LOWER KENSINGTON CIVIC ASSOCIATION, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corp., et al., v. Goldie WATSON, individually and in her capacity as head of the Model Cities Program for the City of Philadelphia, et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

August 30, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Edward Casnoff, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

James L. Pie, Philadelphia, Pa., William F. Hall, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for HUD.

Malcolm Lazin, Philadelphia, Pa., for the Government.

Abe Lapowsky, Philadelphia, Pa., for Pflaummer.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

WEINER, District Judge.

This is an action in the nature of a mandamus, 28 U.S.C. § 1361 seeking to enjoin an election for council members in a Model Cities Neighborhood Council #3 scheduled for September 2, 1971. In response, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Administrator of Model Cities Program for the City of Philadelphia have moved to dismiss on the ground that the complaint fails to state a cause of...

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