ATKINS v. ROBINSON

Nos. 82-2090, 83-1198.

733 F.2d 318 (1984)

Ernestine ATKINS; Ella L. Spruill; Doretha B. Stokes; Shernita Washington; Simon R. Miller; Maurice Steingold, in their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. William A. ROBINSON, individually and as Tie-Breaker for Board of Supervisors, Greensville Co., Va.; John W. Woodruff, Jr.; Peggy A. Wiley; Garland P. Faison; Charles A. Sabo, All Individually and as members of Bd. of Supervisors of Greensville Co., Va.; County of Greensville, Va.; Virginia Housing Development Authority; United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Appellees. Ernestine ATKINS; Ella L. Spruill; Doretha B. Stokes; Shernita Washington; Simon R. Miller; Maurice Steingold, in their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. William A. ROBINSON, individually and as Tie-Breaker for Board of Supervisors, Greensville Co., Va.; John W. Woodruff, Jr.; Peggy A. Wiley; Garland P. Faison; Charles A. Sabo, All Individually and as members of Bd. of Supervisors of Greensville Co., Va.; County of Greensville, Va.; Virginia Housing Development Authority; United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1984.

Rehearing Denied June 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen W. Bricker, Richmond, Va. (Bremner, Baber & Janus, Richmond, Va., Bruce S. Gelber, Janet LaBella, Washington, D.C., National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, Inc. on brief), for appellants.

Richard K. Bennett, Richmond, Va. (P. Christopher Guedri, Browder, Russell, Morris & Butcher, Richmond, Va., on brief), Robert W. Jaspen, Asst. U.S. Atty., Carl F. Bowmer, Richmond, Va. (Christian, Barton, Epps, Brent & Chappell, Russell O. Slayton, Jr., Hammack, Slayton & Bain, William A. Robinson, John W. Woodruff, Jr., Peggy A. Wiley, Garland P. Faison, Charles A. Sabo on brief), for appellees.

Before PHILLIPS and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

In this case, plaintiffs, a class of low-income black residents of Greensville County, Virginia (County),1 appeal from the district court's ultimate disposition of their claims under Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1982 and 1983. Specifically, they challenge the district court's failure to award damages and other requested forms of injunctive relief...

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