Legal Opinion
Gautreaux v. Pierce
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 25, 1982No. 66 C 1460PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ASPEN, District Judge:
This litigation began in 1966 when plaintiffs, approximately 43,000 black tenants of and applicants for public housing in the Chicago area, brought related actions against the Chicago Housing Authority (“CHA”) and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) alleging that defendants had violated their rights under the Civil Rights Act of 1866, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1981 et seq., and the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment. HUD was charged along with CHA with instituting and promoting racially…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- United States v. ITT Continental Baking Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. United Shoe MacHinery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Richard J. Mayberry v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Joseph De Filippis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Gautreaux v. PierceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Gautreaux v. PierceDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1982
- Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing AuthorityDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1997
- Dorothy Gautreaux v. Samuel R. Pierce, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development v. Rogers Park Community Council, Proposed Intervenors-Appellants. Dorothy Gautreaux v. Moon Landrieu, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Appeal of Ginger MacK Class Member. Dorothy Gautreaux v. Illinois Housing Development AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Gautreaux v. PierceDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1982