Legal Opinion
Brown v. Lynn
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 12, 1975No. 73 C 334PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
WILL, District Judge.
On October 11, 1974, this court issued an opinion on motions to dismiss filed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (hereinafter HUD) and the mortgagee defendants, holding that, although jurisdiction was proper over all defendants, only the claim charging HUD with violation of its mandate to provide a decent home and suitable living environment for every American family constituted a valid cause of action. We specifically rejected plaintiffs’ contention in Count IV of their complaint that the mortgagee defendants had violated legally binding…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Accardi v. ShaughnessySupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Service v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Vitarelli v. SeatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- 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
- Albert Piccone v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1969
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Rank v. NimmoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Eva Mae Roberts, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Cameron-Brown Company and Federal National Mortgage AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Concerned Residents of Buck Hill Falls, by Its Trustee Ad Litem v. Kenneth Grant, as AdministratorCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- James and Joyce Ferrell v. Samuel R. Pierce, Secretary of Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Federal Land Bank of Saint Paul v. OverboeNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1987
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