Isham v. Pierce

694 F.2d 1196 Nancy ISHAM, on behalf of Martha Bryant, deceased, and Beth Strobel, deceased, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs- Appellants, v. Samuel PIERCE, * in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; Henry Dishroom, in his official capacity as San Francisco Area Manager of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; and YWCA Apartments, Inc., a California non- profit corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 80-4355, 80-4299. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 15, 1982. Decided Dec. 20, 1982. 1 Fred M. Feller, San Francisco, Cal., for Isham. 2 John R. Reese, Seth R. Jaffe, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, Cal., for YWCA Apts., Inc. 3 George C. Stoll, U. S. Atty., San Francisco, for Landrieu. 4 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. 5 Before SNEED and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges, and TAKASUGI, ** District Judge. TAKASUGI, District Judge: BACKGROUND 6 This appeal arises from the efforts of a private owner to rehabilitate and convert the YWCA Residence Club…