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GAUTREAUX v. LANDRIEU

Nos. 66 C 1459, 66 C 1460.

523 F.Supp. 665 (1981)

Dorothy GAUTREAUX, et al., Plaintiffs v. Moon LANDRIEU, Secretary of Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

June 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Polikoff, Howard A. Learner, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Thomas P. Sullivan, U. S. Atty., Robert Grossman, Jeffrey Jahns, Roan & Grossman, Chicago, Ill., for Illinois Housing Development Authority.

Calvin H. Hall, Gen. Counsel, Chicago Housing Authority, Earl L. Neal, Sp. Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., Gary Ratner, Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D. C., Patrick W. O'Brien, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for Chicago Housing Authority.

Richard Flando, Acting Regional Counsel, Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, Chicago, Ill., for HUD.

Stanley J. Garber, Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for City of Chicago.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CROWLEY, District Judge.

This complex litigation began in 1966 when plaintiffs, approximately 43,000 black tenants of and applicants for public housing, brought this action against the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA). Plaintiffs alleged that the CHA violated their rights under the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. § 1981 et seq., and the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment by choosing project sites in exclusively...

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