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TROUPE v. FAIRVIEW APARTMENTS

Civ.No. 3-78-333.

464 F.Supp. 234 (1979)

Emma J. TROUPE, Individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated v. FAIRVIEW APARTMENTS, a/k/a Oak Ridge Apartment Company, a Limited Partnership, Thomas Alderson, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Anderson County, and Dennis Trotter, Sheriff of Anderson County.

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

January 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rural Legal Services of Tennessee, Scott L. Lytal, James A. Burke, Oak Ridge, Tenn., for plaintiff.

Steven Seivers, James N. Ramsey, Harry L. Lillard, Oak Ridge, Tenn., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.

This case challenges the constitutionality of Tenn.Code Ann. § 23-1601 et seq., Tennessee's Forcible Entry and Detainer Statute, as applied to low-income tenants of federally financed housing. Before the Court are plaintiff's motion for summary judgment and defendant's motion to dismiss.

Plaintiff is a low-income tenant of defendant's apartment building. The defendant rents to low-income tenants...

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