Legal Opinion
Hicks v. Weaver
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided September 10, 1969No. Civ. A. 68-986, 68-987PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEEBE, District Judge:
These suits were brought by Robert Hicks and Leon E. Rayford, Negro residents of Bogalusa, Louisiana, in their own behalf and on behalf of all other Negro residents of Bogalusa, seeking to prevent the construction of federally assisted low-rent public housing at various sites in the City of Bogalusa on the ground that the sites selected for the construction would perpetuate segregation in public housing, thus resulting in discrimination against the plaintiffs and all other members of the class they represent. One suit, invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under 28…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Federal Trade Commission v. Mandel Bros.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Tileston v. UllmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Robert I. Powell v. Eugene M. ZuckertCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Lee v. MacOn County Board of EducationDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1967
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Cannon v. University of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Maurice Shannon v. United States Department Of Housing And Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- United Farmworkers of Florida Housing Project, Inc. v. The City of Delray Beach, Florida, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Dorothy Gautreaux v. George W. Romney, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
- Sarah Sims Garrett v. City of Hamtramck, a Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
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