Legal Opinion
Gautreaux v. Landrieu
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided June 30, 1981No. 66 C 1459, 66 C 1460PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
CROWLEY, District Judge:
This matter comes before the court on plaintiffs’ motion for an award of attorneys’ fees against the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA). For the reasons stated below, the motion is granted in the amount of $375,375.
This case has had a protracted history. The complaint was filed on August 9, 1966, seeking a declaration that CHA was operating a racially discriminatory public housing system, an injunction against continued discrimination, and other relief the court deemed just and equitable. That resolution of these allegations was hard fought is…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Bradley v. School Bd. of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Dolores J. Copeland, Individually and on Behalf of the Class of All Others Similarly Situated v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of LaborCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Hanrahan v. HamptonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Northcross v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Burgess v. Premier Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Gautreaux v. PierceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Dorothy Gautreaux v. The Chicago Housing AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- State of Ariz. v. MARICOPA CTY. MEDICAL SOC.District Court, D. Arizona · 1984
- Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical SocietyDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 1984
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