Legal Opinion
Jeannette Silva v. East Providence Housing Authority, Carla A. Hills, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 22, 1977No. 77-1087PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
This appeal asks whether the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has the power to terminate a low rent public housing project contract with a local housing authority for lack of diligent prosecution. If the power exists, a second question is whether, in this case, HUD acted so unreasonably as to render the termination invalid.
Plaintiffs-appellees are prospective tenants of the low rent housing which would be built by the contract which HUD terminated. HUD had entered into a Cooperation Agreement with the city of East Providence, 42 U.S.C. §…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Federal Trade Commission v. Mandel Bros.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Federal Housing Administration v. Darlington, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Keith v. VolpeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Perry v. Housing Authority Of The City Of CharlestonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
- Maine Public Service Company v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission, Maine Central Railroad Company, Intervenors. Maine Central Railroad Company v. United States of America, and Interstate Commerce Commission, Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company, Intervenor. Robert W. Meserve and Benjamin H. Lacy, Trustees of the Property of Boston and Maine Corporation, Debtor v. United States of America, and Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Perry v. Housing AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
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