WRIGHT v. SPECTER

Civ. A. No. 72-2128.

352 F.Supp. 317 (1972)

James WRIGHT, Plaintiff, v. Arlen SPECTER, District Attorney of Philadelphia, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

December 18, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis W. Fryman, Becker, Fryman & Ervais, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

David Richman, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


OPINION AND ORDER

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, a former Philadelphia police officer, was arrested on April 7, 1972 on charges of bribery, corrupt solicitation, conspiracy, malfeasance, misfeasance, and nonfeasance in office. He has brought this action under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking a preliminary injunction to restrain the defendant, the District Attorney of Philadelphia, from prosecuting in the Court of Common...

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