Legal Opinion
Dorothy Gautreaux v. George W. Romney, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 10, 1971No. 71-1073_1PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge.
This suit is brought against the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Plaintiffs are all Negro tenants or applicants for public housing in the City of Chicago. They seek, on behalf of themselves and all other Negroes similarly situated, a declaration that the Secretary has “assisted in the carrying on * * * of a racially discriminatory public housing system, within the City of Chicago, Illinois.” Plaintiffs further seek to enjoin the Secretary from making available to the Chicago Housing Authority any federal financial assets to be…
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