Legal Opinion
The Montgomery Improvement Association, Inc. v. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 18, 1981No. 79-1484PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judge:
The Montgomery Improvement Association, Inc., an organization of low and moderate income black residents of the City of Montgomery and four individual low income black city residents brought this action for declaratory and injunctive relief against the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the City of Montgomery.1 Plaintiffs allege that neither the City’s applications nor its implementations of its 1975, 1976, and 1977 plans of improvement are in compliance with the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (“Community Act”).2 Their complaint…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Cort v. AshSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Cannon v. University of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Steele v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. RigsbySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Mildred Lee Rogers v. Frito-Lay, Incorporated, Howard L. Moon v. Roadway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Women's Equity Action League v. Lauro F. Cavazos, Secretary of EducationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
- Kenneth Adams v. Terrel H. Bell, Individually, and as Secretary of the Department of EducationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Latinos Unidos De Chelsea en Accion (Lucha) v. Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Organization of Minority Vendors, Inc. v. Illinois Central Gulf RailroadDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1983
- Franciscan Alliance, Inc. v. BurwellDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 2016
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