Legal Opinion
North City Area-Wide Council, Inc. v. Romney
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 14, 1970No. 18466PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
The primary issue in this case is the meaning of the requirements in the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966,1 that to be eligible for Federal aid, a “comprehensive city demonstration program,” must “provide * * * widespread citizen participation in the program” and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development must “emphasize local initiative in the planning * * * [of it].”2
These requirements form a central and novel feature of the Demonstration Cities Act, in whose prologue the Congress declared:
“ * * * that improving the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. CampSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Barlow v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Scanwell Laboratories, Inc. v. John H. Shaffer, Administrator (Acting) of the Federal Aviation AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Norwalk Core v. Norwalk Redevelopment AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Maurice Shannon v. United States Department Of Housing And Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- West Broadway Task Force, Inc. v. Commissioner of Department of Community AffairsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Feliciano v. RomneyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1973
- Davis v. ShultzCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Members of Bridgeport Housing Authority Police Force v. City of BridgeportDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1980
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