HUNTINGTON BRANCH NAACP v. TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

No. CV-81-541.

530 F.Supp. 838 (1981)

HUNTINGTON BRANCH NAACP, Housing Help, Inc., Mabel Harris, Ella Owens, Carrie Howard, Thelma Latta, Perrepper Crutchfield, Kenneth L. Cofield, Plaintiffs, v. The TOWN OF HUNTINGTON, NEW YORK, United States Department of Housing & Urban Development, Samuel Pierce, Kenneth C. Butterfield, Claire Kroft, Kenneth Deegan, Edward Thompson, Joseph Clemente, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

January 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Bellman, Steel & Bellman, New York City, Thomas I. Atkins, Curtis Rodgers, and Margrett Ford, N. A. A. C. P., New York City, for plaintiffs.

Charles S. Kleinberg, Asst. U. S. Atty., Edward R. Korman, U. S. Atty., E. D. N. Y., Brooklyn, N. Y., for defendants HUD and Pierce.

Richard C. Cahn, Melville, N. Y., for defendants Town of Huntington, Butterfield, Kroft, Deegan, Thompson, and Clemente.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

COSTANTINO, District Judge.

This is a class action1 brought on behalf of black, Hispanic and lower income persons residing in the Town of Huntington and its surrounding areas who allegedly would qualify for residency in housing areas developed with the support of funding obtained pursuant to the Housing & Community Development Act of 1974. 42 U.S.C. § 5301 et seq. Specifically...

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