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· 10/25/1944

Moir v. United States

Citations

  • 57 F. Supp. 529
  • 32 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 1573
  • 1944 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1989

How courts have described this case

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  • tenants of federally subsidized low-income housing are entitled to notice of proposed rent increases and the opportunity to present written objections
  • tenants of federally financed low-cost housing have legitimate expectation, based on statute providing funding, so as to entitle them to procedural due process before rent increase
  • the standards for state action under the fourteenth amendment are identical to those used for determining the existence of federal action under the fifth amendment
  • tenants in federally subsidized § 221(d)(3) housing project have a legitimate, objectively justifiable claim that they will continue to receive the benefits of low cost housing.
  • because of potential delay, full hearing before rent increases become effective is not required
  • “standards utilized to find federal action for purposes of the Fifth Amendment are identical to those employed to detect state action subject to the strictures of the Fourteenth Amendment”

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Judges: Healey

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