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GRIFFIN v. HARRIS

No. 77-2129.

571 F.2d 767 (1978)

Cora GRIFFIN, Bessie Williams, and Martha Hughes, Individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Appellants, v. Patricia Roberts HARRIS, as Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, David S. Cook, as Assistant Secretary for Housing Production and Mortgage Credit and Federal Housing Commissioner, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold R. Berk, Stephen Bosch, George D. Gould, Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

David W. Marston, U. S. Atty., Walter S. Batty, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Chief, App. Div., Robert S. Forster, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before GIBBONS, VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judges, and FISHER, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

The appellants are low-income tenants in multifamily housing subject to a rent supplement contract between the landlord and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). They complain, on their own behalf and on behalf of all tenants similarly situated, that HUD is operating the rent supplement program illegally and to their disadvantage. HUD defends its administration of the program, claiming that it...

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