Legal Opinion
Wright v. City of Roanoke Redevelopment & Housing Authority
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 14, 1987No. 85-5915PublishedCited by 723 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
Petitioners in this case, tenants living in low-income housing projects owned by respondent, brought suit under 42 U. S. C. §1983,1 alleging that respondent overbilled them for their utilities and thereby violated the rent ceiling imposed by the Brooke Amendment to the Housing Act of 1937, and the implementing regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The District Court, 605 F. Supp. 532 (WD Va. 1984), and the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 771 F. 2d 833 (1985), concluded that petitioners did not have a cause of action under § 1983. We granted certiorari…
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