WILLIAMS v. BARRY

Civ. A. No. 80-1104.

490 F.Supp. 941 (1980)

Andrew WILLIAMS et al., Plaintiffs, v. Marion BARRY, Mayor for the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

May 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Florence Wagman Roisman, Ilene J. Jacobs, Washington, D. C., G. Philip Nowak (main counsel), Ronald B. Ravikoff (main counsel), Arnold & Porter, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Leonard Bren, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

FLANNERY, District Judge.

This case poses a narrow but difficult issue: whether the District of Columbia government must afford procedural protections before cutting off funds to support shelters for homeless males.

In February, 1978, the District of Columbia government announced that it would open Blair School as an emergency housing center for homeless men. The program was expanded in December 1978 with the opening of Pierce...

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