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FRAZIER v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSP. AUTH.

No. 85-1338.

785 F.2d 65 (1986)

FRAZIER, Theodore M., Johnson, Harold J., Russell, Essie, Brown, James, Miller, Thomas C., Cook, James E., Fullard, Patricia, Elliott, Julia and Williams, Orlando J., individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY and Transport Workers Union of Philadelphia, Local # 234. Appeal of Theodore M. FRAZIER, Harold J. Johnson, Essie Russell, James Brown, Thomas C. Miller, James E. Cook, Patricia Fullard, Julia Elliott, and Orlando J. Williams.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 4, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Churchill (argued), Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

Margery Sickles Preddy, James F. Kilcur, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transp. Authority, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee Southeastern Pennsylvania Transp. Authority; Saul H. Krenzel (argued), Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel.

Gail Lopez-Henriquez (argued), Freedman & Lorry, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee Transport Workers' Union of Philadelphia, Local 234.

Before ADAMS, SLOVITER and MANSMANN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises important questions concerning the application of this Circuit's requirement that civil rights plaintiffs plead specific facts in their complaints. Because we conclude that the district court misapplied the specificity doctrine in dismissing some of the counts in the complaint, although it did not err in dismissing others, we vacate and remand for further proceedings.

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