Legal Opinion
United States v. Housing Authority of City of Chickasaw
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided March 7, 1980No. Civ. A. 79-0099-HPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
HAND, District Judge.
I. FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The defendant is a public housing authority, regulated and subsidized by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (hereinafter HUD).
2. The defendant operates 309 units of public housing in the City of Chickasaw, Alabama.
3. The defendant has never housed a Negro tenant.
4. From December 11, 1962 until the present, the defendant has enforced a “citizenship requirement” providing that only “citizens” of Chickasaw, Alabama are eligible for housing in the defendant housing authority’s units.
5. The…
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