HACKETT v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF SAN ANTONIO

No. 84-1057.

750 F.2d 1308 (1985)

Willie B. HACKETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The HOUSING AUTHORITY OF the CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, A Political and Corporate Body, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wiley, Garwood, Stolhandske & Simmons, James E. Conley, III, Per Hardy, San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jack A. Efron, San Antonio, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEE, WILLIAMS and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Willie B. Hackett appeals from a judgment that he take nothing on his claim, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982), that the San Antonio Housing Authority (SAHA) discriminated against him on racial grounds in setting the rents he could charge under a federal rent subsidy program. He contends that the district court committed reversible error in relying upon an exhibit the SAHA presented at the bench trial. We agree that the district...

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