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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. SEBASTIAN

Civ. A. No. 72-987.

368 F.Supp. 854 (1972)

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA et al., Plaintiffs, v. Rodger SEBASTIAN, President of the Township of Penn Hills Board of Commissioners, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

December 1, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Shane Creamer, Atty. Gen., Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Michael Louik, Thomas F. Halloran, Asst. Attys. Gen., Community Advocate Unit, Stanley M. Stein, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.

August C. Damian, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

TEITELBAUM, District Judge.

This is a civil rights action, the jurisdiction of which is based on 28 U.S.C. Section 1343(3) and (4) and 42 U.S.C. Sections 1981, 1983 and 1985, in which the plaintiffs seek to enjoin the defendants from engaging in unlawful racial discrimination in the recruiting, testing, and hiring of applicants for positions of police officers in Penn Hills Township.

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