BOYD v. UNITED STATES

No. 71 Civ. 1433.

345 F.Supp. 790 (1972)

Dorothy BOYD, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

June 7, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Reese, Jr., Ruth Balen, of counsel, Bedford-Stuyvesant Community Legal Services, Brooklyn, N. Y., Marttie L. Thompson, Oscar G. Chase, Cornelia McDougald, David Rudenstine, of counsel, Community Action for Legal Services, Inc., New York City, for plaintiff.

Robert A. Morse, U. S. Atty., E.D. N. Y., Brooklyn, N. Y., Henry A. Brachtl, Asst. U. S. Atty., of counsel, for defendants United States, United States Dept. of Justice and John Mitchell, Atty. Gen.

Goldstein, Shames, Hyde, New York City, for defendants Lefrak Organization and Life Realty, Inc.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEINSTEIN, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a black mother of five children, is a recipient of public assistance. Claiming discrimination prevents her rental of an apartment from defendants Lefrak Organization and Life Realty, Inc. (Lefrak), she seeks relief on behalf of a class of welfare recipients in the metropolitan area against Lefrak, the United States, the Department of Justice and the Attorney General. Allegedly there has been a failure...

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