Legal Opinion
Project B.A.S.I.C. v. Stephen J. O'rourke, Project B.A.S.I.C. v. Jack Kemp
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 6, 1990No. 89-2114, 89-2171PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Chief Judge.
In April 1989, Project B.A.S.I.C. (“BASIC”), a Rhode Island tenant-advocacy organization, asked the federal district court to issue a preliminary injunction forbidding the Providence Housing Authority (and the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development) from demolishing several high-rise towers at the Hartford Park housing project in Providence. BASIC claimed that the proposed demolition violated several federal statutes, including 42 U.S.C. § 1437p, which says that HUD must approve all such demolitions and prohibits HUD from giving its approval unless certain…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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