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BANKS v. PERK

Civ. A. No. 72-115.

341 F.Supp. 1175 (1972)

Maryann BANKS et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ralph J. PERK, as Mayor of the City of Cleveland, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Ohio, E. D.

May 2, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Lyonel Jones, Edward R. Stege, Jr., Lloyd Snyder, Cleveland, Ohio, American Civil Liberties Union of Greater Cleveland, Eugene Sidney Bayer, Cleveland, Ohio, Nat'l Assoc. for the Advancement of Colored People, Russell Adrine, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiffs.

Richard Hollington, Malcolm Douglas, Law Director, Nicholas DeVito, Asst. Law Dir., Frederick J. Livingstone, Kelley & McCann, Walter Kelley, Jr., Cleveland, Ohio, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BATTISTI, Chief Judge.

A. INTRODUCTION

This suit is instituted pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 and invokes the jurisdiction of this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) and (4). It is brought in behalf of all Negroes and Non-White tenants in and applicants for public housing in the City of Cleveland. The defendants, Perk, Petro and Rush (hereinafter referred to as the City or its agents) are sued...

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