Harrison-Halsted Community Group, Inc. v. Housing and Home Finance Agency

DUFFY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this suit seeking a declaratory judgment and an injunction to prevent defendant Governmental Agencies from proceeding with plans to acquire and clear, under an urban renewal program, an area on the near west side of Chicago, for the use of the University of Illinois. The University desires to use the property as a campus for the University of Illinois — Chicago.

The District Court dismissed, before trial, both the original complaint and the amended complaint. Errors alleged by appellants are the District Court’s interpretation of the jurisdictional…