RIGNEY v. HENDRICK

Nos. 15349, 15350, 15357-15359, 15384.

355 F.2d 710 (1965)

Oliver H. RIGNEY, Edward Moore, Clifton Sturdivant and James Moore v. Edward J. HENDRICK, Supt., et al. Edward MOORE, Appellant. Oliver H. RIGNEY, Edward Moore, Clifton Sturdivant and James Moore v. Edward J. HENDRICK, Supt., et al. Clifton Sturdivant, Appellant. Oliver H. RIGNEY, Edward Moore, Clifton Sturdivant and James Moore v. Edward J. HENDRICK, Supt., et al. James Moore, Appellant. Oliver H. RIGNEY, Edward Moore, Clifton Sturdivant and James Moore v. Edward J. HENDRICK, Supt., et al. Oliver H. Rigney, Appellant. Roosevelt MORRIS, Appellant, v. James C. CRUMLISH, Jr., et al. George Higgins JOHNSON a/k/a Leonard George Hamilton, Appellant, v. Edward J. HENDRICK, Supt., et al.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided October 15, 1965.

Rehearing Denied December 9, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman I. Pollock, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants in Nos. 15349, 15350, 15357, 15358, 15384.

William F. Hall, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant in No. 15359.

Theodore H. Lunine, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before McLAUGHLIN, STALEY and GANEY, Circuit Judges.


STALEY, Circuit Judge.

These actions were brought in the district court under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, to enjoin the defendants, Philadelphia law enforcement, police and prison officials from compelling the appellants to participate in a form of police investigative proceeding known as a lineup.1 The district court denied the relief sought, holding that the appellants...

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