STANTON LAND CO. v. CITY OF PITTSBURGH

No. 1741.

33 Pa. D. & C. 2d 756 (1963)

Stanton Land Co. v. City of Pittsburgh

Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

November 30, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert J. Helwig, Edward Hoopes, 4th, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, for plaintiffs.

David W. Craig, City Solicitor, Marion K. Finkelhor, Assistant City Solicitor, for defendants.

John B. Nicklas, Jr. and Byrd R. Brown, for intervenors.

Hon. Walter E. Alessandroni, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Arthur C. Thomas, Deputy Attorney General, Nathan Agran, for Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.

Hillard Kreimer, William A. Weiler, Gerald Kaufman and Walter E. Gay, for Allegheny County Council on Civil Rights and Pennsylvania Equal Rights Council.


WEIR, J., November 30, 1963.

The Parties and Pleadings

This case which is one of first impression in Pennsylvania involves both a bill in equity and a counterclaim in equity. Plaintiffs Stanton Land Company and Francis X. Totten instituted this litigation in an effort to nullify the effect of an order of January 24, 1963, which was issued against them by the Commission on Human Relations of the City of Pittsburgh which directs them to sell a lot to...

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