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N.A.A.C.P. v. BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY

Civ. A. No. 88-1155-T.

723 F.Supp. 1554 (1989)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, BOSTON CHAPTER; Tanya Boman and Annie Hailey, individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY; Doris Bunte, as she is Administrator of the Boston Housing Authority; Raymond L. Flynn, as he is Mayor of the City of Boston and Receiver of the Boston Housing Authority; United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; Samuel Pierce, as he is Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Massachusetts Executive Office of Communities and Development; and Amy S. Anthony, as she is Secretary of the Executive Office of Communities and Development, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

October 4, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura Steinberg, Mary N. Peterson, Sullivan & Worcester, and Barbara R. Arnwine, Nadine Cohen, Lawyers' Committee for Civ. Rights Under Law, Boston, Mass., for N.A.A.C.P., Boston Chapter, Tanya Boman and Annie Hailey.

Albert W. Wallis, First Asst. Corp. Counsel, City of Boston, Law Dept., Rod Solomon, Gen. Counsel, Boston Housing Authority, Richard M. Bluestein, Janet Steckel Lundberg, Krokidas & Bluestein, and Wayne A. Budd, Budd, Wiley & Richlin, P.C., Boston, Mass., for Boston Housing Authority, Doris Bunte, as she is Administrator of the Boston Housing Authority, and Raymond L. Flynn, as he is Mayor of the City of Boston and Receiver of the Boston Housing Authority.

MEMORANDUM

TAURO, District Judge.

The attached documents memorialize a step of significant social progress — a firm and unwaivering commitment to the objective of providing equal housing opportunity for persons of all races in the city of Boston.

It took only a few minutes for the parties to sign the consent decree I have just approved. But let no one misunderstand that the relative ease of this...

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