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HICKS v. WEAVER

Civ. A. Nos. 68-986, 68-987.

302 F.Supp. 619 (1969)

Robert HICKS and Leon E. Rayford v. Robert C. WEAVER, in his capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Robert HICKS and Leon E. Rayford v. Charles M. HUGHES, in his capacity as Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the City of Bogalusa, and the Housing Authority of the City of Bogalusa.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

Supplemental Order September 10, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Sobol, Rita Murphy, Robert P. Roberts, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

Hugh Fleischer, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for Robert C. Weaver.

John Gallaspy, Bogalusa, La., for Charles M. Hughes and The Housing Authority of City of Bogalusa.

Ernest R. Duff, Columbia, Miss., for Marvin L. Polk, d/b/a Polk Const. Co.

HEEBE, District Judge:

These suits were brought by Robert Hicks and Leon E. Rayford, Negro residents of Bogalusa, Louisiana, in their own behalf and on behalf of all other Negro residents of Bogalusa, seeking to prevent the construction of federally assisted low-rent public housing at various sites in the City of Bogalusa on the ground that the sites selected for the construction would perpetuate segregation in public housing, thus resulting in discrimination against...

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