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

No. 85-5915.

479 U.S. 418 (1987)

WRIGHT ET AL. v. CITY OF ROANOKE REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 14, 1987

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry L. Woodward argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs was Renae Reed Patrick.

Bayard E. Harris argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.*

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioners in this case, tenants living in low-income housing projects owned by respondent, brought suit under 42 U. S. C. § 1983,1 alleging that respondent overbilled them for their utilities and thereby violated the rent ceiling imposed by the Brooke Amendment to the Housing Act of 1937, and the implementing regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The...

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