BLACKSHEAR RES. ORG. v. HOUSING AUTH. OF CITY OF AUSTIN

Civ. A. No. A-70-CA-51.

347 F.Supp. 1138 (1972)

BLACKSHEAR RESIDENTS ORGANIZATION et al., Plaintiffs, v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF the CITY OF AUSTIN et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Texas, Austin Division.

As Amended March 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Scanlan, F. Patrick Hubbard and W. Thomas Buckle, Austin, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Mark Z. Levbarg, Austin, Tex., for Central Texas Chapter, American Civil Liberties Union.

Charles F. Herring, Royce Jay Hailey, Jr., Austin, Tex., for local defendants.

Hugh P. Shovlin, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for George Romney, and others.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROBERTS, District Judge.

1. Introduction.

This suit is brought by the Blackshear Residents Organization (BRO) and six other persons, in their individual capacities and as representatives of all Mexican-American and Negro residents of Austin who are eligible for admission to public housing projects administered by the Housing Authority of the City of Austin, Texas (the Housing...

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