MASSACHUSETTS U. OF PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS v. PIERCE

Civ. A. No. 78-1895.

577 F.Supp. 1499 (1984)

MASSACHUSETTS UNION OF PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Samuel R. PIERCE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

January 17, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Ferrey, Boston, Mass., and Jonathan Lash, Portland, Me., for plaintiffs.

J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., and Sheila Lieber and Surell Brady, Washington, D.C., for defendants.


GEORGE L. HART, Jr., District Judge.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

A. Earlier Litigation

In September of 1975, HUD proposed a regulation to require the use of certain HUD funds for the conversion of public housing project utility systems to individual or check-metered service. See 40 Fed. Reg. 44159 (September 25, 1975). Once a conversion takes place, individual tenants are responsible for the utility...

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