GAUTREAUX v. LANDRIEU

Nos. 66 C 1459, 66 C 1460.

523 F.Supp. 684 (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 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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 matter comes before the court on plaintiffs' motion for an award of attorneys' fees against the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA). For the reasons stated below, the motion is granted in the amount of $375,375.

This case has had a protracted history. The complaint was filed on August 9, 1966, seeking a declaration that CHA was operating a racially discriminatory public housing system, an injunction...

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