Legal Opinion
Langlois v. Abington Housing Authority
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 27, 2000No. 99-1198PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal, from a preliminary injunction granted by the district court, concerns the so-called section 8 program for rental assistance. It is a federally funded and supervised rent subsidy program for low-income tenants, but it is administered primarily through local units called public housing authorities or “PHAs.” See 42 U.S.C.A. § 1437f (West Supp.1999). The program was created by a 1974 amendment to the Housing Act of 1937, Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Pub.L. No. 93-383, Title II, § 201(a), 88 Stat. 633, 662-66, and has been revised since then,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- University of Texas v. CamenischSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & TrustSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Anderson Ex Rel. Dowd v. City of BostonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
- Elisha D. Hack v. The President And Fellows Of Yale CollegeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- South Middlesex Opportunity Council, Inc. v. Town of FraminghamDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2010
- Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights v. GraulDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 2015
- Langlois v. Abington Housing AuthorityDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2002
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