Legal Opinion
Francis M. Langevin v. Chenango Court, Inc., and Robert J. Smith, Deputy Director of the Federal Housing Administration
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 23, 1971No. 1050_1PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Chief Judge:
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Since 1934 Congress has provided various forms of federal assistance to housing. Our concern here is with § 221 of the National Housing Act. As enacted in 1954, 68 Stat. 599, this was limited to the grant of federal mortgage insurance to certain types of nonprofit mortgagors on housing for rental to persons displaced by urban renewal projects or as a result of other governmental actions. In 1961 the program was greatly expanded, 75 Stat. 149. Its design was declared to be “to assist private industry in providing housing for low and moderate income families and displaced…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Crowell v. BensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Snyder v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Londoner v. City and County of DenverSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Norwalk Core v. Norwalk Redevelopment AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by128 opinions
- Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Securities and Exchange CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- The Boston Five Cents Savings Bank v. Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- Ellis v. BlumCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- Martin McNally v. The Pulitzer Publishing Company and Ted GestCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Russell v. LandrieuCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
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