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INTERNATIONAL PRISONERS' UNION v. RIZZO

Civ. A. No. 72-538.

356 F.Supp. 806 (1973)

INTERNATIONAL PRISONERS' UNION v. Frank RIZZO, Mayor of Philadelphia, et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

April 2, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. McKee, Student Counsel, Prison Project, Temple University School of Law, Professor Martin Vinikoor, Professor of Law, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

John Mattioni, Deputy City Solicitor, S. Jay Sklar, Asst. City Solicitor, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

MASTERSON, District Judge.

The International Prisoners' Union is an unincorporated association whose membership consists of inmates confined within the Philadelphia Prison System.1 The named defendants include the Mayor of Philadelphia, the Superintendent of the Philadelphia County Prison System and the wardens of the Holmesburg penal institution.

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