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SANDERS v. U.S. DEPT. OF HOUS. AND URBAN DEV.

Civ. A. No. 88-1261.

872 F.Supp. 216 (1994)

Cheryl SANDERS, Cecile White, Cheryl Ulrich, Martha Surratt, Sarah Williams, Kelly Vick, and Christians for a Better Community, Inc., on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. The UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, its Secretary, the Allegheny County Housing Authority and its Executive Director, the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County and its Executive Director, and the County of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

December 22, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Driscoll, Neighborhood Legal Services Assn., Pittsburgh, PA, Thomas J. Henderson, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs.

Richard Lepley, Trial Atty., Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendant Dept. of Housing & Urban Development.

John T. McVay, Jr., Sol., Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA, for defendant Allegheny County Housing Authority.

Robert N. Peirce, Sol., Allegheny County Redevelopment Authority, Pittsburgh, PA, for defendant Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County.

Mark R. Hornak, Gregory A. Miller, Buchanan Ingersoll, Byron Xides, Asst. Sol., County of Allegheny, Pittsburgh, PA, for Allegheny County.

OPINION

DIAMOND, District Judge.

On December 12, 1994, this court conducted a hearing to determine whether it should grant final approval of a consent decree offered as a resolution of this civil rights class action. At the conclusion of the hearing, the court (1) found that the consent decree was a fair, adequate and reasonable resolution of this litigation; (2) granted final approval of the consent decree pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(e); and (3)...

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