FERRELL v. U.S. DEPT. OF HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOP.

No. 98-2361.

186 F.3d 805 (1999)

James D. FERRELL, Joyce A. Ferrell, and Johnnie D. Brown, et al., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT and Andrew Cuomo, Secretary, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Wilen (argued), National Center on Poverty Law, Inc., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Linda A. Wawzenski, Office of the U.S. Atty., Chicago, IL, John C. Hoyle (argued), Dept. of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

When the Balanced Budget Downpayment Act became effective in 1996, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") terminated a mortgage foreclosure relief program that it had been operating pursuant to a consent decree since 1976. The district court granted a preliminary injunction requiring HUD to reinstate the program or an equivalent substitute until further order from the court. For the reasons set forth in the following...

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