Beck Park Apartments v. United States Department Of Housing And Urban Development

695 F.2d 366 BECK PARK APARTMENTS; Carson Apartments; Casa Bien Association; Centralia Apartments; Cerise Investment Co. Ltd., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; Moon Landrieu; Emma D. McFarland; Arthur Timmel, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 81-4270. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 13, 1982. Decided Dec. 23, 1982. John F. Dienelt, Brownstein, Zeidman & Schomer, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs-appellants. Howard S. Scher, Washington, D.C., argued, for defendants-appellees; Francis M. Goldberry, III, Sacramento, Cal., Anthony J. Steinmeyer, Washington, D.C., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before KASHIWA, * WALLACE and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges. J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge: FACTS 1 Beck Park Apartments, et al. (Beck Park), are owners of thirty-four federally subsidized multifamily housing projects in California. Each owner participates in Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs pursuant to section 221(d)(3), 12 U.S.C. Sec. 1715l(d)(3), or section 236, 12 U.S.C. Sec. 1715z-1, of the National Housing Act…