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BRAXTON v. POUGHKEEPSIE HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 73 Civ. 4077.

382 F.Supp. 992 (1974)

Clara BRAXTON et al., Plaintiffs, v. POUGHKEEPSIE HOUSING AUTHORITY, etc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

March 22, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monroe County Legal Assistance Corp., Mid-Hudson Valley Legal Services Project, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., for plaintiffs; John D. Gorman, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., of counsel.

Joseph Worona, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., for defendants Bold, Greene, Brady, Mendez and Hunt, members of the Poughkeepsie Housing Authority.

Paul J. Curran, U. S. Atty., S. D. N. Y., New York City, for defendants Lynn, Crawford, Green, Monticcilo, White, all members of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Naomi Reice Buchwald, Asst. U. S. Atty., of counsel.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., New York City, for defendant Lee Goodwin; A. Seth Greenwald, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.

METZNER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs have moved for a preliminary injunction and an order pursuant to Rule 23, Fed.R.Civ.P. declaring that this suit may be maintained as a class action. Defendants have cross-moved to dismiss the complaint pursuant to Rule 12 for failure to state a claim and lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

This is another in a recent series of sprawling, multi-party suits challenging the administration of public housing programs. It is...

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