United States Fifth Circuit

Participants in the federal Housing Act voucher program may bring a private action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 to challenge the calculation of their utility allowances by public housing authorities under a provision of the United States Housing Act and implementing regulations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/06/2006
• Published 03/07/2006

Judges

• WIENER, Circuit Judge:, Before REAVLEY, DAVIS, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Reagan W. Simpson (argued), King & Spalding, Houston, TX, Charles Marshall Delbaum, New Orleans Legal Assistance, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Wayne Douglas Mancuso, Harahan, LA, for Housing Authority of Jefferson Parish and Trahan., Rande Kay Herrell (argued), Austin, TX, for Louisiana Housing Development Corp., Barbara Bea McDowell, Legal Aid Society for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, for AARP and Texas Tenants' Union, Amici Curiae., Fred J. Fuchs, Texas Rural Legal Aid, Austin, TX, for Texas Tenants' Union, Amicus Curiae., Lisa Walker Scott, Housing & Development Law Institute, Washington, DC, for Housing & Development Law Institute, Amicus Curiae.