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FERRELL v. PIERCE

No. 85-2186.

785 F.2d 1372 (1986)

James and Joyce FERRELL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Samuel R. PIERCE, Jr., Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Wilen, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Robert Ziner, Dept. of HUD, Office of Litigation, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants.

Before BAUER and WOOD, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a district court order holding the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") in contempt of court. The district court based its contempt citation upon its finding that HUD had violated the terms of a 1979 consent decree. The 1979 consent decree superseded a 1976 consent decree which settled a class action suit filed by mortgagors who potentially were eligible for a federal government mortgage assistance program...

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