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THOMPSON v. U.S. DEPT. OF H.U.D.

No. 99-1402.

220 F.3d 241 (2000)

Carmen THOMPSON; Rhonda Harris; Joann Boyd; Doris Tinsley; Lorraine Johnson; Isaac J. Neal, on their behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT; Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development, In his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; Housing Authority Of Baltimore City, a Municipal corporation; Daniel P. Henson, III, in his official capacity as Executive Director of the Housing Authority of Baltimore City and Commissioner of the Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development; Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Defendants-Appellees. Jonestown Planning Council, Incorporated, Movant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 12, 2000

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Marc Alan Goldman, Jenner & Block, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Edward Mark Buxbaum, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Susan R. Podolsky, Jenner & Block, Washington, D.C.; Barbara A. Samuels, Therese L. Staudenmaier, American Civil Liberties Union, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellants. Wilbur D. Preston, Jr., Harry S. Johnson, Dana C. Petersen, Lisa L. Walker, Elva E. Tillman, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Before WILKINS, MICHAEL, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Reversed by published opinion. Judge TRAXLER wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINS and Judge MICHAEL joined.

OPINION

TRAXLER, Circuit Judge:

In 1995, African-American public housing residents (the "Plaintiffs") filed a class action against the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD"), HUD's then-Secretary Henry Cisneros, the Housing Authority of Baltimore City ("HABC"), and various Baltimore officials, seeking to eliminate...

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