RUSSELL v. LANDRIEU

No. 77-2078.

621 F.2d 1037 (1980)

Debbie RUSSELL, Ernestine Reyes, Dorothy Kirby, Earline Robinson, Gloria Pullman, Helen Hernandez, as Individuals and on behalf of all other tenants similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Moon LANDRIEU, in his capacity as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Roland E. Camfield, Jr., Individually and in his capacity as Director, Los Angeles, Area Office, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the City of Port Hueneme, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

July 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Calmore, Berkeley, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Sally Warner Watts, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees; Eva S. Halbreich, Asst. U. S. Atty., Andrea Sheridan Ordin, U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., on brief.

Before TRASK, KENNEDY, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:

The principal issue in this appeal is whether housing project tenants continue to maintain a statutory entitlement to operation of a project for low-income renters notwithstanding foreclosure on the property by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the conveyance to a later purchaser. In dismissing the action and denying plaintiffs' leave to file an amended complaint, the district court ruled that the passage of title from...

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