Richmond Tenants Organization, Inc. v. Kemp

OPINION

ALEXANDER HARVEY, II, Senior District Judge:

This is an appeal from a final order of the United. States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. 753 F.Supp. 607. In ruling on cross-motions for summary judgment, the district court granted plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment, and held that the governmental eviction of *1302a public housing tenant without prior notice and an opportunity for a hearing was viola-tive of the due process clause. The court permanently enjoined, on a nationwide basis, any evictions without notice and a hearing, except in “exigent circumstances.” The…