Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Levitt & Sons, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 16, 1955No. Civ. A. 18365PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs are Negro citizens of the United States and the defendants are (1) a New York corporation (Levitt) engaged in the construction of a new community in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, known as Levittown and (2) the chiefs and local directors of the Federal Housing Administration and the Veterans’ Administration, government agencies which have assisted in the financing of the project through the guaranteeing of mortgages securing money advanced by various lending institutions.
The complaint alleges that the plaintiffs attempted to buy houses in Levittown from…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Public Utilities Commission v. PollakSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Wheless v. St. LouisSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Dewar v. BrooksDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1936
3Cited by8 opinions
- Barnes v. City of GadsdenDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1958
- Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Spampinato v. M. Breger & Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1958
- Hackley v. Art Builders, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1960
- Lake Forest, Inc. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1963
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