Legal Opinion
Lorine Watkins v. The Chicago Housing Authority
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 5, 1969No. 16678PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAJOR, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an action for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief brought under 42 U.S.C.A. Sec. 1983, and 28 U.S. C.A. Secs. 1343(3) and 2201. The named plaintiffs, twenty-three in number, sued in a representative capacity on behalf of a class of approximately 32,000 families and 140,000 persons, all tenants of The Chicago Housing Authority, a municipal corporation created in conformity with the laws of Illinois (Ill. Rev.Stats.1965, Ch. 67%, Secs. 2, 3 and 8), and financed in part by the Federal government. The appeal comes from orders of the trial court…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Aetna Life Insurance v. HaworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Sears, Roebuck and Co. v. American Mutual Liability Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1967
- Yellow Cab Co. v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
- American Casualty Co. of Reading, Pa. v. HowardCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
- Gray v. Board of Trustees of Univ. of Tenn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Sosna v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Dorothy Gautreaux v. George W. Romney, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
- Renard G. Davis v. Richard H. Ichord, Quentin Young v. Richard H. IchordCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Rosa Rivera v. The Honorable Marvin A. Freeman, Judge of the Superior Court of the State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- Caldwell v. CraigheadCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
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