Legal Opinion

Thorpe v. Housing Authority of Durham

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 5, 1967No. 712PublishedCited by 79 opinions

1Per curiam

' In -November. 1964, the petitioner became a tenant in McDougald Terrace, a federally assisted, low-rent public *671housing project owned and managed by the Housing - Authority of the City of Durham, North Carolina. The lease provided for a tenancy from month to month, and gave both the tenant and the Authority the right to. terminate by giving notice at least 15 days before the end .of any monthly term. On August 10, 1965, the petitioner was elected president of a McDougald Terrace tenants’ organization. The next day the Authority gave her notice of termination of her tenancy as of August 31. •…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Klapprott v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Patterson v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  3. Missouri Ex Rel. Wabash Railway Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  4. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF DURHAM v. ThorpeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1966

3Cited by79 opinions

  1. Bradley v. School Bd. of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Thorpe v. Housing Authority of DurhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. 14 soc.sec.rep.ser. 301, unempl.ins.rep. Cch 16,883 Ernest S. Avery v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
  4. Escalera v. New York City Housing AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
  5. Yvonne C. Edwards v. Nathan HabibCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968

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