Legal Opinion
Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 10, 1969No. 66 C 1459PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
AUSTIN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, Negro tenants in or applicants for public housing, sue on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated alleging that defendants, the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA), a municipal corporation, and C. E. Humphrey, Executive Director of CHA, have violated their rights under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. Count I charges that defendants intentionally chose sites for family public housing and adopted tenant assignment procedures in violation of 42 U.S.C. Secs. 1981 and 1983 for the purpose of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Cooper v. AaronSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Hernandez v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Reitman v. MulkeySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Jones v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by90 opinions
- Cannon v. University of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Hills v. GautreauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Maurice Shannon v. United States Department Of Housing And Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- United Farmworkers of Florida Housing Project, Inc. v. The City of Delray Beach, Florida, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Wyatt v. AderholtCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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