Legal Opinion
James and Joyce Ferrell v. Samuel R. Pierce, Jr., Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hud)
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 21, 1986No. 85-2186PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from a district court order holding the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) in contempt of court. The district court based its contempt citation upon its finding that HUD had violated the terms of a 1979 consent decree. The 1979 consent decree superseded a 1976 consent decree which settled a class action suit filed by mortgagors who potentially were eligible for a federal government mortgage assistance program. The contempt citation grew out of a dispute over how HUD should calculate a mortgagor’s date of default in determining whether the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Chevron Oil Co. v. HusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Arizona v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. MendozaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- James Burrough Limited and Kobrand Corporation v. Sign of the Beefeater, Inc. And Montgomery Ward & Co., IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- H. K. Porter Company, Inc. v. National Friction Products Corp. And Earl E. FigertCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by75 opinions
- Francine Klingman v. Melvin E. LevinsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Gray v. LackeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Project B.A.S.I.C. v. KempCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- Mary Kochton Appley v. Stuart West, Mary Kochton Appley v. National Republic Bank of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- In Re General Motors Corporation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
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