Legal Opinion
Walker v. City of Mesquite
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 6, 1999No. 97-11083PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
The Dallas Housing Authority (DHA), the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the City of Dallas were found liable several years ago for unconstitutional racial discrimination and segregation within Dallas’s public housing programs. The primary issue on this appeal is the constitutionality of the provision of the district court’s most recent remedial order that directs newly constructed units of public housing to be located in “predominantly white” Dallas neighborhoods.
Specifically, this is an appeal from a final judgment in two…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Allen v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Powers v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- James v. City of DallasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Walker v. City of Mesquite, TXCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
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