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BALLARD v. ROCKVILLE CENTRE HOUSING AUTH.

Nos. 635, 788, Dockets 78-7571, 78-7643.

605 F.2d 1283 (1979)

Alonie BALLARD and Lula Hamilton, on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ROCKVILLE CENTRE HOUSING AUTHORITY, Rosalie U. Rosenberger, as Chairperson of the Rockville Centre Housing Authority, and Lee Goodwin, Commissioner of the Division of Housing and Community Renewal of the State of New York, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Rochford, Mineola, N. Y. (James F. Oliviero, Meyer, English, Cianciulli & Peirez, P. C., Mineola, N. Y., of counsel), for defendants-appellants Rockville Centre Housing Authority and Rosalie U. Rosenberger, Chairperson of the Rockville Centre Housing Authority.

A. Seth Greenwald, Asst. Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, New York City (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Lee Goodwin, Commissioner of the Division of Housing and Community Renewal of the State of New York.

Leonard S. Clark, Hempstead, N. Y. (Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Comm. Inc., Hempstead, N. Y., of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WATERMAN, MANSFIELD and TIMBERS, Circuit Judges.

MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

In this action by two tenants of low-income housing brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 the Rockville Centre Housing Authority (the Authority), its Chairperson (Rosenberger) and the Commissioner of the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (Goodwin) appeal from an order of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York, entered by Judge Mark A. Costantino on October...

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