Legal Opinion
Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided August 26, 1997No. 66 C 1459, 66 C 1460PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ASPEN, Chief Judge.
This litigation dates back to 1966 when black residents of Chicago’s public housing brought a class action 1 against the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), alleging that the defendants violated federal constitutional and statutory provisions by basing public housing policies and practices on race. Specifically, CHA intentionally limited the number of black families living in white housing projects and deliberately targeted only predominantly black neighborhoods in which to build public…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Board of Ed. of Oklahoma City Public Schools v. DowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Freeman v. PittsSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- United States v. United Shoe MacHinery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Hassine v. JeffesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- Dorothy Gautreaux v. George W. Romney, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Cobell v. NortonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2003
- Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing AuthorityDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1998