District Court Granted Temporary Restraining Order to Block Eviction of Indigent Mother of 4 from Atl. Public Housing - Lack of Due Process
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March 9, 1967

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Press Releases, Volume 4. District Court Granted Temporary Restraining Order to Block Eviction of Indigent Mother of 4 from Atl. Public Housing - Lack of Due Process, 1967. 745b8299-b792-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/291711de-5533-4052-aae9-2e3e42c38020/district-court-granted-temporary-restraining-order-to-block-eviction-of-indigent-mother-of-4-from-atl-public-housing-lack-of-due-process. Accessed April 27, 2025.
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egal ‘efense und NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. 10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 * JUdson 6-8397 Ares ociated Pr Mar. 9, Statement to o) Atlanta, Georgia. President Hon. Francis E. Rivers PRESS RELEASE Director-Counsel Jack Greenberg Director, Public Relations Jesse DeVore, Jr. NIGHT NUMBER 212-749-8487 indigent mother of four, residin Ld project in Atlanta, Georgia. in the Perry NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. attor that Mrs, Williams was denied due process and equal prote of the law. They said that Mrs. Williams had no hearing on the reasons for her eviction and that bond before she could defend against the eviction in a state court denied her protection available to more affluent citizens. Wms. Mrs./as eviction. would permit her to appeal the allow her to defend e against th denied a stay. LDF attorneys then sought a s Supreme Court. That court refused also denied by the United States S attorneys then filed the action in A hearing has been scheduled Federal Court in Atlanta on the LD trial court, hov tay of eviction from the Georgia to accept the papers. A stay wa upreme Court. Mrs. Williams! Federal District Court. for March 17 before the three-judge F motion for a preliminary injunction = a0= B25