Legal Opinion
Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 2, 1967No. 66 C 1459PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTIONS AND ORDER
AUSTIN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, all Negroes and either tenants in or applicants for public housing, by this suit challenge, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, the Constitutional validity of the site selection policy of the Chicago Housing Authority. Plaintiffs allege that since 1950, the CHA has selected sites, deliberately or otherwise, for public housing projects almost exclusively within neighborhoods the racial composition of which was all or substantially all Negro at the time the sites were acquired, for the purpose of, or with the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. Chemical Foundation, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Tina Deal v. The Cincinnati Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
- Rachel Lynn Bell, a Minor, by Mrs. Odessa K. Bell, Her Mother, Etc. v. School City of Gary, IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1963
- Bossier Parish School Board v. Ura Bernard LemonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Cannon v. University of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Norwalk Core v. Norwalk Redevelopment AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- 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
- Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing AuthorityDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1969
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