JACKSON v. LYNN

No. 73-1510.

506 F.2d 233 (1974)

Dorothy W. JACKSON et al., Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. James T. LYNN, Individually and as Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and United States of America, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 17, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Dan Bowling and Michael Diamond, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Robert P. vom Eigen, Atty., Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, of the bar of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, John A. Terry, Thomas G. Corcoran, Jr., and Michael G. Scheininger, Asst. U. S. Attys., and Arthur J. Gang, Atty., Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, were on the brief, for appellee. Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before HASTIE, Senior Circuit Judge, and WRIGHT and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.


HASTIE, Senior Circuit Judge:

Each of the appellants purchased a house in the District of Columbia, giving a mortgage which the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insured pursuant to section 221 of the National Housing Act as amended, 12 U.S.C. § 1715l (1970). Later, they joined in this suit against the United States and three federal administrators of the FHA program. The complaint alleged that various real estate brokers led plaintiffs, inexperienced...

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