Legal Opinion
Mattingly v. Elias
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 21, 1971No. Civ. A. 69-2788PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION.
The present action was instituted by certain tenants 1 of Warminster Heights, a housing project owned and operated by the individual and corporate defendants in Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 2 Claiming that the degree of past and present Federal and state assistance to this project, as well as its essential public character, require that the defendants’ conduct be measured by standards applicable to a government landlord, the plaintiffs have sought to found their action on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 1985 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343. 3…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Snyder v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Karl W. Hahn v. Joseph GottliebCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- Santiago v. McElroyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1970
- Potrero Hill Community Action Committee, Etc. v. The Housing Authority of the City and County of San FranciscoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- McQueen v. DrukerDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1970
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Getty Oil Co. v. RuckelshausCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- National Organization for Women v. Mutual of Omaha InsuranceDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1985
- People's Rights Organization v. Bethlehem AssociatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
- City of Highland Park v. TrainDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1974
- Gonzalez v. YoungCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
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