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FERRELL v. PIERCE

Nos. 83-2038, 83-2677.

743 F.2d 454 (1984)

James and Joyce FERRELL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Samuel R. PIERCE, Secretary of Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 31, 1984.

As Amended September 14, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas S. Zeppos, Dept. of Justice Appellate Staff, Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants.

William P. Wilen, Legal Asst. Foundation of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CUDAHY and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

In 1973, the plaintiffs filed a nationwide class action against the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the "Secretary"), alleging that the Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") was required by the National Housing Act (the "Act") and other federal housing legislation to provide mortgage foreclosure relief to homeowners who had received HUD insured mortgages. In August, 1976, the class action was settled and a consent decree...

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