Gautreaux v. Landrieu

CORRECTED MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CROWLEY, District Judge.

These consolidated cases are now before the Court on plaintiffs’ motion for further relief against the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) through appointment of a receiver.

The lawsuits, initiated in 1966, have had an extensive and complex history. Plaintiffs, black tenants in and applicants for public housing, brought these actions alleging violations of their rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. They charged the CHA and its executive director with intentionally violating 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 by…