Russell v. Landrieu

621 F.2d 1037 Debbie RUSSELL, Ernestine Reyes, Dorothy Kirby, Earline Robinson, Gloria Pullman, Helen Hernandez, as Individuals and on behalf of all other tenants similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Moon LANDRIEU, * in his capacity as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Roland E. Camfield, Jr., Individually and in his capacity as Director, Los Angeles, Area Office, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the City of Port Hueneme, Defendants-Appellees. No. 77-2078. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. July 3, 1980. John Calmore, Berkeley, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Sally Warner Watts, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees; Eva S. Halbreich, Asst. U. S. Atty., Andrea Sheridan Ordin, U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of Californa. Before TRASK, KENNEDY, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge: 1 The principal issue in this appeal is whether housing project tenants continue to maintain a statutory entitlement to operation of a project for low-income renters notwithstanding foreclosure on the property by the Department of Housing and Urban…