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CROWDER v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF ATLANTA

No. 91-9008.

990 F.2d 586 (1993)

Thomas E. CROWDER, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, B. Mae Miller, Dorothy Maddox, Plaintiffs, v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA, Samuel A. Hider, Doris Alexander, W.H. Mays, Each in their Individual and Official Capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 7, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Byrne, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, GA, for plaintiff-appellant.

Nina Hickson Perry, Mack & Bernstein, Ira P. Bernstein, Atlanta, GA, for defendants-appellees.

Before HATCHETT, EDMONDSON and BIRCH, Circuit Judges.

EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

This case is about the rights of a public housing tenant to use common areas in his building for group Bible study. At trial, a jury found that none of the Atlanta Housing Authority ("AHA") management's restrictions violated the tenant's First Amendment rights. The District Court rejected the tenant's later motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and the tenant appeals. Because we conclude that some of management's acts did violate...

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