Legal Opinion
Smith v. Town of Clarkton
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 29, 1982No. 81-1766PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, which requires the town of Clarkton, North Carolina, to take affirmative steps to facilitate the construction of fifty units of public housing, originally planned in cooperation with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
The action was filed by James Smith, a retired black man living in Bladen County, in which Clarkton lies, against Clarkton, its mayor — J. Dwight Fort, and three commissioners — Linda Revels, Dewitt Clark and…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Foman v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- 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
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by109 opinions
- Sylvia Development Corporation v. Calvert CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
- United States v. Marengo County CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Anna Harris v. Edna Itzhaki Rafael ItzhakiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Jackson v. Okaloosa CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Contreras v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
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