Arien JOHNSON, by his mother and next friend, Jennie Johnson, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated
v.
Barry HACKETT, individually and as a Police Officer of the Township of Bristol
and
Robert Thompson, individually and as a Police Officer of the Township of Bristol
and
Harry Merker, individually and as the Chief of Police of the Township of Bristol
and
Board of Commissioners of the Township of Bristol
and
The Township of Bristol.
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May 22, 1968.
May 22, 1968.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David H. Moskowitz, Weiss, Nelson & Moskowitz, Cornwells Heights, Pa., for plaintiff.
John J. Poserina, Jr., I. Leonard Hoffman, Ettinger, Poserina, Silverman, Dubin, Anapol & Sagot, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant Hackett.
John W. Dean, III, Langhorne, Pa, for defendant Thompson.
Leonard B. Sokolove, Bristol, Pa., for defendants Township and Board of Commissioners.
United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.
OPINION
LUONGO, District Judge.
This is a suit1 under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985 and 1986, seeking damages and injunctive relief against a township of the first class (Bristol Township, Bucks County), its Board of Commissioners, Chief of Police, and two of its policemen for alleged deprivation of the civil rights of Arien Johnson and other members of the Negro race residing in Bristol Township...
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