GAUTREAUX v. PIERCE

No. 66 C 1460.

535 F.Supp. 423 (1982)

Dorothy GAUTREAUX, Odell Jones, Doreatha R. Crenchaw, Eva Rodgers, James Rodgers, and Robert W. Fairfax, Plaintiffs, v. Samuel PIERCE, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development of the United States, Defendant.

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

January 25, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Dan K. Webb, U. S. Atty., Robert Grossman, Roan & Grossman, Patrick W. O'Brien, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Richard Flando, Acting Regional Counsel, Gershon M. Ratner, Carolyn B. Lieberman, John W. Herold, Edward G. Weil, Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, Stanley J. Garber, Corp. Counsel, Calvin H. Hall, Gen. Counsel, Chicago Housing Authority, Earl L. Neal, Sp. Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., Jane McGrew, Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D. C., Gerald D. Skoning, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, Ill., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge:

This litigation began in 1966 when plaintiffs, approximately 43,000 black tenants of and applicants for public housing in the Chicago area, brought related actions against the Chicago Housing Authority ("CHA") and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") alleging that defendants had violated their rights under the Civil Rights Act of 1866, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1981 ...

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