WRIGHT v. CITY OF ROANOKE RED. & HOUSING AUTH.

No. 85-1068.

771 F.2d 833 (1985)

Brenda E. WRIGHT; Geraldine H. Broughman; Sylvia P. Carter; individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Appellants, v. CITY OF ROANOKE REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry L. Woodward, Roanoke, Va. (Renae Reed Patrick, Legal Aid Society of Roanoke Valley, Roanoke, Va., on brief), for appellants.

Bayard E. Harris, Roanoke, Va. (Woods, Rogers & Hazelgrove, Roanoke, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before WIDENER and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, and GORDON, Senior United States District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.


MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge.

Tenants of public low-cost housing brought an action against their landlord, the Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority ("RRHA"). Their complaint was based on the alleged deprivation of the tenants' rights under the Brooke Amendment of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. § 1437a,1 and particular United States Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") regulations pertaining to utility allowances...

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