United States Eleventh Circuit

A public housing authority may evict ignorant tenants, under 42 USC 1437d(l)(6), when the tenant, any member of the tenant's household, or any guest or other person under the tenant's control engages in drug-related criminal activity on or near the public housing premises.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/07/2001
• Published 11/07/2001

Judges

• FAY, Circuit Judge:, Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and HULL and FAY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John Daniel Goldsmith,Rebecca Steele, Trenam, Kemker, Scharf, Frye, O'Neill & Mullins, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Vytas Varekokis Vergeer, National Housing Project, Washington, DC, Alice M. Vickers, Florida Legal Services, Inc., Tallahassee, FL, Catherine M. Bishop, National Housing Law Project, Oakland, CA, Mitchell Sellers Ritchie, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Jacksonville, FL, for Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Howard S. Scher, Barbara C. Biddle, Dept. of Justice, Civ. App. Div., Washington, DC, Tamra Phipps, David Paul Rhodes, Tampa, FL, Alan D. Stewart, Butler, Burnette & Pappas, Tampa, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.