Legal Opinion
Costa v. Fall River Housing Authority
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 27, 2008No. 06-P-1094PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSikora, J.
Police arrested Gale Costa and charged her with soliciting sex for a fee and keeping a house of ill fame at her federally subsidized apartment. Subsequently the Fall River Hous*270ing Authority (housing authority) terminated her subsidy pursuant to Federal housing regulations. Costa challenged the housing authority’s decision by means of an action in the Southeastern Division of the Housing Court Department. Her complaint presented three claims: (1) that the housing authority had terminated her subsidy upon a ground unauthorized by the governing regulations of the Federal Department of Housing…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Maine v. ThiboutotSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Haring v. ProsiseSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by10 opinions
- DeCambre v. Brookline Housing AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2016
- Costa v. Fall River Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Rivas v. Chelsea Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Jones v. MaloneyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2009
- Loring Towers Associates v. FurtickMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2014
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