BLACKSHEAR RESIDENTS ORGANIZATION v. CITY OF AUSTIN

No. 79-3558.

659 F.2d 36 (1981)

The BLACKSHEAR RESIDENTS ORGANIZATION, Callie Mae Green, Velma Cruse, and Janie Rosales, individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated individuals, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY OF AUSTIN, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

October 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Piper, Fred Fuchs, Legal Aid Society of Central Texas, Austin, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Terrence Lang Irion, Asst. City Atty., Austin, Tex., Sandra M. Schraibman, Anthony Steinmeyer, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, GEWIN and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Three low-income, minority residents of Austin, Texas, and a neighborhood organization sued the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), HUD officials, the City of Austin, and city officials, contending that Austin employed federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to supplant local allocations for community development contrary to 42 U.S.C. § 5301(c). Because of this, an allegation is made that the Secretary of HUD...

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