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Thorpe v. Housing Authority of Durham, 386 U.S. 670 (1967)

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Thorpe v. Housing Authority of Durham, 386 U.S. 670 (1967)
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Thorpe v. Housing Authority of Durham, 386 U.S. 670 (1967)
Effective Date
1967-06-05

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' In -November. 1964, the petitioner became a tenant in McDougald Terrace, a federally assisted, low-rent public *671housing project owned and managed by the Housing - Authority of the City of Durham, North Carolina. The lease provided for a tenancy from month to month, and gave both the tenant and the Authority the right to. terminate by giving notice at least 15 days before the end .of any monthly term. On August 10, 1965, the petitioner was elected president of a McDougald Terrace tenants’ organization. The next day the Authority gave her notice of termination of her tenancy as of August 31. • The notice did not give any reasons for the cancellation, and the Authority declined to accede to the petitioner’s demands for an explanation. The petitioner refused to' vacate the premises, and the Authority thereupon brought a summary ejectment action in the Justice of the Peace Court in Durham. The Authority there obtained a judgment of eviction, which- was affirmed on appeal by the Superior Court of Durham County and the Supreme Court of North Carolina.1. We granted certiorari. 385 U. S. 967. Th<? petitioner has remained in possession of her apartment pursuant to a stay granted by the North Carolina Supreme Court.