LEWIS v. HILLS

Civ. A. No. 76-1662.

457 F.Supp. 1112 (1978)

Wilford and Maxine LEWIS, Sylvester and Bertha Brown, Grace Cato, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Carla A. HILLS, Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George D. Gould, Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Stephanie P. Lachman, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


OPINION

DITTER, District Judge.

The question presented in this case is whether defendants' refusal to afford an oral, evidentiary hearing to plaintiffs claiming certain benefits under the National Housing Act (Act) amounts to a due process violation under the Fifth Amendment. Although I conclude that plaintiffs have a property interest in these benefits so that due process protections apply, I also find that the government's interest in providing for the...

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