Legal Opinion
Knox Hill Tenant Council v. Walter E. Washington, Individually and as Commissioner of the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 4, 1971No. 22781PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is from a judgment of the District Court denying a motion for a preliminary injunction and dismissing the complaint on the grounds of (1) failure to state a claim for which relief may be granted and (2) the action is an un-consented suit against the United States. Appellants are individual tenants (and associations of such tenants) of public housing facilities in the District of Columbia, suing on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated (Fed.R. Civ.P. Rule 23), and complaining of the failure of such facilities to be properly maintained and…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Rosado v. WymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- King v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Eunice Samuels, Lorraine Warren v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Perry v. Housing Authority Of The City Of CharlestonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
- Dick Jones v. District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency (Three Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Housing Authority of the City of Omaha, Nebraska v. United States Housing Authority, Etc., and National Tenants OrganizationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Thompson v. WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
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