SHIVERS v. LANDRIEU

No. 79-1880.

674 F.2d 906 (1981)

Dennis SHIVERS, et al., Appellants, v. Moon LANDRIEU, in his Official Capacity as Secretary, U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Florence Wagman Roisman, Washington, D. C., with whom Ilene J. Jacobs and Paula D. Scott, Washington, D. C., were on brief for appellants.

Regina C. McGranery, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on brief for appellee, Secretary, U. S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.

J. Jonathan Schraub, Washington, D. C., with whom Warren K. Kaplan, Washington, D. C., was on brief for appellees, Garfield Development Corp., et al.

Susan R. Baron, Washington, D. C., with whom Richard O. Duvall, Washington, D. C., was on brief for appellee, Institutional Securities Corp.

John Evans, Washington, D. C., was on brief for appellee, Hessick Inv. Corp.

E. William Furey, Chevy Chase, Md., was on brief for appellee, Karl W. Corby & Co., Inc.

Before MacKINNON, WILKEY and GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILKEY.

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves a thirty-year old housing complex in southeast Washington, D.C., known as "Garfield Hill Apartments." Appellants are past and present tenants of the 104-unit project who complain of evictions, high rents, and deficient maintenance standards, etc. Appellants brought suit in the U.S. District Court against the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as...

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