Legal Opinion
Maria Luisa Castro Lopez, Benita Ramos Acosta, Intervenors v. Jose E. Arraras, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 10, 1979No. 79-1010PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
; BOWNES, Circuit Judge.;This appeal is brought by Maria Castro Lopez, et al., tenants in federally funded low income housing projects in Puerto Rico. In 1974, appellants brought this class action 1 against Jose E. Arraras, 2 the Secretary of the Housing Department of Puerto Rico, Julio Negroni, Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority, and Pedro Hernandez, Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewers Authority. Appellants alleged that the appellees’ failure to comply with the Brooke Amendment to the Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. § 1437a(l) 3 violated…
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3Cited by22 opinions
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