Brenda NELSON, Joseph Johnson, Priscilla D. Adams, Angelia V. Elliott, Georgia Middleton, Marion R. Richardson, Alfred Lovelace, Teresa Posey, Marilee Dee Swindler Tenants of the GGHA Who Supplied or Supply Their Own Gas (250 UNITS) Since 4/15/76, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants,
v.
The GREATER GADSDEN HOUSING AUTHORITY; Ray Ingleheart, Executive Director of the Greater Gadsden Housing Authority, in his official capacity; Mildred Gilchrist, Housing Director of the Greater Gadsden Housing Authority, in her official capacity, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.
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October 17, 1986.
October 17, 1986.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William D. Russell, Jr., Dortch, Wright & Russell, Gadsden, Ala., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.
Abigail Turner, Mobile, Ala., for Brenda Nelson.
Jeff Sacher, Tuscaloosa, Ala., James S. Sledge, Gadsden, Ala., for remaining plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants.
Robert L. Wiggins, Jr., Edward Still, Birmingham, Ala., for amici curiae: Edward Still, Susan W. Reeves, Robert L. Wiggins, Jr., Jack Drake, Larry Menefee, and Gregory Stein.
David B. Bryson, Nat. Housing Law Project, Berkeley, Cal., for amicus curiae: Nat. Housing Law Project.
Before RONEY, Chief Judge, CLARK, Circuit Judge, and DOYLE, Senior District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
RONEY, Chief Judge:
This is an appeal from an order granting injunctive relief and money damages in a class action proceeding involving utility allowances to tenants in a public housing complex. Although the plaintiffs did not have a private remedy under the federal housing statutes, as held by a recent decision in this Court, the judgment of the district court is affirmed under the pendent state law claims.
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