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BANKS v. MULTI-FAMILY MANAGEMENT, INC.

No. 76-1183.

554 F.2d 127 (1977)

Mary L. BANKS, on her own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated in the State of Virginia, Appellants, v. MULTI-FAMILY MANAGEMENT, INC., Individually and as representatives of the class of owners and/or managers of housing complexes operated pursuant to 1236 of the National Housing Act of 1968, and Carla Hills, Secretary United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 5, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Barrett Jones, Richmond, Va. (James R. Jackson and John M. Levy, Neighborhood Legal Aid Society, Inc., Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellants.

Barbara L. Herwig, Atty., Appellate Section, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Barry A. Hackney, Richmond, Va., (Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., William B. Cummings, U. S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., William Kanter, Atty., Appellate Section, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff, Mary L. Banks, a tenant in publicly subsidized housing, who was successful in preventing her own eviction, appeals from the district court's refusal to certify a class action and its dismissal of her complaint. We affirm.

I.

Plaintiff's complaint, filed September 26, 1975, alleged that she had been given notice of the termination of her lease without a showing of good cause for termination, timely notice of the reasons...

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