In re CITY OF PHILADELPHIA LITIGATION. (Three Cases)
Ramona AFRICA
v.
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA; Willie Goode; Leo A. Brooks; Gregore Sambor; William C. Richmond; Frank Powell, Lt.; William Klein, Officer; Michael Tursi, Officer; Albert Revel, Sgt.; Edward Connor, Sgt.; Morris Demsko, Corporal; Richard Reed, State Trooper, Individually and in their present and/or former official capacities,
Leo A. Brooks, Appellant in No. 94-1277,
Ramona Africa, Appellant in No. 94-1322,
City of Philadelphia, Appellant in Nos. 94-1280 and 94-1377,
William C. Richmond, Appellant in No. 94-1279,
Alfonso LEAPHART, Administrator of the Estate of Vincent Lopez Leaphart, a/k/a John Africa
v.
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA; W. Wilson Goode, Mayor, City of Philadelphia; Leo A. Brooks, Former Managing Director, City of Philadelphia; Gregore J. Sambor, Former Police Commissioner, City of Philadelphia; William C. Richmond, Fire Commissioner, City of Philadelphia; Frank Powell; William Klein; Michael Tursi; Albert Revel; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Richard Thornburgh, Former Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Jay Cochran, Commissioner of State Police, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Richard Reed; Morris Demsko; E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company,
Alfonso Leaphart, Administrator of the Estate of Vincent Lopez Leaphart, a/k/a John Africa, Appellant in No. 94-1321,
City of Philadelphia, Appellant in Nos. 94-1378, 94-1233, and 94-1272,
William C. Richmond, Appellant in No. 94-1276.
Louise JAMES
v.
Frank POWELL; Gregore J. Sambor; Leo Brooks; William C. Richmond; W. Wilson Goode; City of Philadelphia; State of Pennsylvania; Du Pont de Nemours, E.I. & Company
v.
Ramona Johnson AFRICA; Alphonso Robbins Africa, Third-Party Defendants,
Louise James, Administratrix of the Estate of Frank James, Appellant in No. 94-1320,
City of Philadelphia, Appellant in Nos. 94-1229 and 94-1379,
Gregore Sambor, Appellant in No. 94-1230,
Leo A. Brooks, Appellant in No. 94-1231,
William C. Richmond, Appellant in No. 94-1232.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued November 3, 1994.
Decided March 6, 1995.
Sur Petition for Rehearing April 3, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Andre L. Dennis (argued), Jeffrey M. Lindy, Raymond S. Wierciszewski, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, Philadelphia, PA, for appellant/appellee Ramona Africa.
Fincourt B. Shelton (argued), Fincourt B. Shelton and Associates, Darby, PA, for appellant/appellee Louise James.
Rosemarie Rhodes (argued), Harper & Paul, Philadelphia, PA, for appellant/appellee Alfonso Leaphart.
Joseph A. Dworetzky, Acting City Sol., Michael F. Eichert, Divisional Deputy City Sol., E. Jane Hix (argued), Deputy City Sol., City of Philadelphia, Law Dept., Philadelphia, PA, for appellant City of Philadelphia.
Nolan N. Atkinson, Jr. (argued), Frank E. Noyes, II, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, PA, for appellee W. Wilson Goode.
Steven R. Waxman (argued), Kleinbard, Bell & Brecker, Philadelphia, PA, for appellant Leo A. Brooks.
John W. Morris (argued), Pennsylvania, PA, for appellant Gregore Sambor.
Peter C. Kennedy (argued), James M. Marsh, Hecker Brown Sherry and Johnson, Philadelphia, PA, for appellant William C. Richmond.
Richard D. Malmed, Philadelphia, PA, for appellee Frank Powell.
E. Harris Baum, John R. O'Donnell, Zarwin & Baum, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for appellee William Klein.
Before: GREENBERG, SCIRICA, and LEWIS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.
These consolidated appeals have been taken from judgments and orders in three civil actions against the City of Philadelphia and certain of its former officials and employees. The plaintiffs' claims arose out of an attempt by the Philadelphia Police Department on May 13, 1985, to execute search warrants and arrest warrants at a premises in Philadelphia occupied by a group known as MOVE...
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