DRISKELL ET AL.

v.

EDWARDS, GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA, ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• The Ripon Soc'y, Inc. v. Nat'l Republican Party, 525 F.2d 567 (D.C. Cir. 1975)
  …iple is inapplicable to state constitutional conventions, which “can only make proposals which can have no effect unless ratified in another election [with] every vote given the same weight.” Driskell v. Edwards, 374 F.Supp. 1, 3 (W.D.La.), vacated, 419 U.S. 812, 95 S.Ct. 26, 42 L.Ed.2d 38 (1974),31 quoting from West v. Carr, 212 Tenn. 367, 370 S.W. 2d 469, 474 (1963), cert. denied, 378 U.S. 557, 84 S.Ct. 1908, 12 L.Ed.2d 1034 (1964). Accord, Bates v. Edwards, 294 So. 2d 532, 534 (La.1974); Stander v. Kel…
• The Hous. Auth. OF the City OF Seattle v. State OF Wash., 629 F.2d 1307 (9th Cir. 1980)
  …UD regulations, though their discretion is severely limited. An agency may not, for example, set applicant priorities which are not authorized ■ by the Act. See Fletcher v. Housing Authority of Louisville, 491 F. 2d 793 (6th Cir.), judgment vacated, 419 U.S. 812, 95 S.Ct. 27, 42 L.Ed.2d 39 (1974), judgment reinstated, 525 F. 2d 532 (6th Cir. 1975). The local governing body which creates the public housing agency retains the discretion to approve any application to HUD for aid, however. 42 U.S.C. § 1437e(e…
• Howard v. Pierce, 738 F.2d 722 (6th Cir. 1984)
  …enactment of the Brooke Amendment emphasized Congress’ desire to further the goals of the Act by ensuring the low-rent character of public housing. Fletcher v. Housing Authority of Louisville, 491 F. 2d 793, 806 (6th Cir.1974), vacated and remanded, 419 U.S. 812, 95 S.Ct. 27, 42 L.Ed.2d 39 (1974), reinstated on remand, 525 F. 2d 532 (6th Cir.1975). In its report, the Senate Banking and Currency Committee noted clearly its intent to enable families to afford low income housing. S.Rep. No. 91-392, 91st Cong…