Department of Housing & Urban Development v. Rucker

The Anti-Drug Abuse Act required local public-housing authorities to use lease terms making a household member's drug-related criminal activity grounds for tenant eviction; when the Oakland Housing Authority pursued no-fault evictions against tenants (plaintiffs) whose household members engaged in drug crimes, the tenants challenged HUD's implementing regulations (which gave local authorities discretion over eviction, including considering the tenant's own knowledge) as unconstitutional and inconsistent with the statute, and the district court and en banc court of appeals sided with the tenants.