Legal Opinion
Catherine Cole v. Housing Authority of the City of Newport
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 7, 1970No. 7680PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
The question on this appeal is whether the district court properly granted summary judgment to two newly arrived citizens of Newport, Rhode Island, who sought to apply to the defendant Newport Housing Authority 1 for admission to its federally-aided, low-rent, public housing projects notwithstanding the Authority’s requirement that only those who have been residents of Newport for two years shall be eligible. Cole v. Housing Authority of City of Newport, 312 F.Supp. 692 (D.R.I. 1970).
Plaintiffs assert that the two year durational requirement violates their rights under…
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