THOMPSON v. U.S. DEPT. HOUSING & URBAN DEV.

No. 04-1535.

404 F.3d 821 (2005)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Thomas Mark Bondy, United States Department Of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Wilma A. Lewis, Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Howard M. Schmeltzer, Assistant General for Litigation, David M. Reizes, Trial Attorney, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of General, Washington, D.C.; Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Thomas M. DiBiagio, United States Attorney, Mark B. Stern, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Andrew D. Freeman, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland; David L. Haga, Crowell & Moring, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Before WILKINS, Chief Judge, and MICHAEL and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Traxler wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Wilkins and Judge Michael concurred.

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 and its then-Secretary Henry Cisneros (referred to together as "HUD"), along with the Housing Authority of Baltimore City and various Baltimore officials...

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