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UNITED STATES EX REL. WASHINGTON v. CHESTER CO. POLICE DEPT., CHESTER, PA.

Civ. A. No. 68-2300.

300 F.Supp. 1279 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Lawrence Thomas WASHINGTON, G. Sylvia Washington v. CHESTER COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 2, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Goldstein, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

White & Williams, Joseph V. Pinto, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.

OPINION

Joseph S. Lord, III, District Judge.

The plaintiffs brought this action under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 et seq. to recover compensatory and punitive damages for a beating allegedly administered by agents of the defendant, motivated solely by racial prejudice. The plaintiffs are Negroes. Although the defendant was not a "person" within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 1983, we granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis

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