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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Williams v. Pierce, 708 F.2d 57 (1983)

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Williams v. Pierce, 708 F.2d 57 (1983)
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Williams v. Pierce, 708 F.2d 57 (1983)
Effective Date
1983-05-12

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The question presented by this expedited appeal is whether the district court abused its discretion in denying appellants' motions for a preliminary injunction barring the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") from enforcing interim rules he promulgated in order to carry out his responsibilities pursuant to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act ("OBRA"), which became effective October 1, 1981. Pub.L. No. 97-35, 95 Stat. 357 (1981). That the case is here at all is somewhat ironic in view of Congress' explicit direction in enacting OBRA that: