HAAS v. HOWARD

Nos. 77-1439, 77-1481.

579 F.2d 654 (1978)

Joyce HAAS, etc., Plaintiff-Appellees, v. Sirrouko HOWARD et al., Defendant-Appellant. Appeal of OXBOW ASSOCIATES et al., Defendant. Joyce HAAS et al., Appellees, v. Patricia R. HARRIS, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Cordes, Atty., App. Section, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Lincoln C. Almond, U.S. Atty., Providence, R. I., and Robert E. Kopp, Atty., App. Section, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for Federal appellants.

Richard M. Peirce, Providence, R. I., with whom Roberts & Willey Incorporated, Providence, R. I., was on brief, for appellants Oxbow Associates, et al.

Betsy E. Grossman, Newport, R. I., with whom Robert M. Sabel, Newport, R. I., was on brief, for appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This is yet another case spawned by a proposed rent increase in a "section 236" federally subsidized housing project.1 There are three parties involved: (1) the tenants, plaintiffs-appellees; (2) the Secretary and officials (the Secretary) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), defendants-appellants; and (3) the landlords, defendants-appellants. The landlords sought a rent increase which had to...

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