EIDSON v. PIERCE

Nos. 83-2414, 83-2559.

745 F.2d 453 (1984)

Kathy Darlene EIDSON, on behalf of herself and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Samuel R. PIERCE, Jr., in his capacity as Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Sandra L. GERMAIN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. RECHT-GOLDIN-SIEGEL PROPERTIES, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 24, 1984.

Rehearings Denied December 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chris Sautter, Legal Services Organization of Ind., Bloomington, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Mark W. Pennak, Civil Div., Appellate Staff, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

These two consolidated appeals concern the due process dimensions of the denials of plaintiffs' applications to rent housing owned and operated by defendant private owners. The housing is subsidized by the federal government under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1437f (1982) ("Section 8"). The central feature of the Section 8 programs at issue here is that private landlords agree to rent their property...

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