PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION v. WELSH

Nos. 10322, 10341.

188 F.2d 447 (1951)

PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION v. WELSH, Judge et al.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided April 11, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter B. Gibbons, Philadelphia, Pa., for petitioner.

Donald J. Farage, Philadelphia, Pa. (Richter, Lord & Farage, Philadelphia, Pa., Frank A. Sinon and Rhoads & Sinon, all of Harrisburg, Pa., on the brief), for L. G. DeFelice & Son, Inc.

Marvin Comisky, Philadelphia, Pa., for Jean Browne Scott Darby et al.

James L. Baxter, Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent.

Before KALODNER, STALEY and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.


HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

We must decide in these cases whether the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is entitled to writs of prohibition against the judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to prevent them from proceeding with two cases against the Commission. The issue which is the same in each case has arisen in the following manner: Two groups of landowners filed suits in the district court against a contractor who is building...

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