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COUNCIL OF ORGANIZATIONS ON PHILA. POLICE A. & R. v. RIZZO

Civ. A. Nos. 70-2430, 70-491.

357 F.Supp. 1289 (1973)

COUNCIL OF ORGANIZATIONS ON PHILADELPHIA POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY et al., Plaintiffs, v. Frank L. RIZZO et al., Defendants. Gerald G. GOODE et al., Plaintiffs, v. James H. J. TATE, Mayor, City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

March 14, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz by Peter Hearn, and F. John Hagele, III, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs Goode, and others.

George J. Ivins, Deputy City Sol., John Mattioni, Asst. City Sol., for defendants Tate, and others.

William Lee Akers, Harry Lore, and Richard Axelrod, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs Council of Organizations on Philadelphia Police Accountability and Responsibility, and others.

George J. Ivins, and John B. Day, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants Tate, and others (except Arlen Specter).

David Richman, Philadelphia, Pa., for Arlen Specter.

OPINION AND ORDER

FULLAM, District Judge.

In two separate but related civil rights actions, certain individuals and groups, acting on behalf of minority citizens and residents of Philadelphia, seek various forms of relief against the Mayor and police officials of the City, on the basis of alleged widespread violations of the constitutional rights of minority citizens by the police of the City of Philadelphia.

From a procedural standpoint, the record...

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