CHATHAM v. JACKSON

No. 78-1114.

613 F.2d 73 (1980)

R. Pierce CHATHAM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Maynard JACKSON, Pelham C. Williams, William T. Bush, W. Curtis Hester and Wendell R. Campbell, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 6, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferrin Y. Mathews, J. M. Harris, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellants.

Robert Strickland, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE, TJOFLAT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

In Davis v. Weir, 497 F.2d 139 (5th Cir. 1974), this court held unconstitutional the City of Atlanta's practice of refusing water service to a tenant when the landlord's bill was in arrears. The case now before us requires us to decide whether the city may terminate water service to a landlord when the tenant's bills are delinquent. The trial court stated that "...

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