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HUGHES v. SWINEHART

Civ. A. No. 72-1676.

376 F.Supp. 650 (1974)

Yvette HUGHES and Deborah Edwards v. Officer SWINEHART et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

May 10, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John David Egnal, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs; Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights under Law, of counsel.

Stephen T. Saltz, Asst. City Solicitor, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION

GORBEY, District Judge.

Defendants have filed a motion to dismiss the complaint in this civil rights matter. The plaintiffs' claims arise out of the police handling of a domestic disturbance on August 23, 1970, which led to their arrest. They contend that they were the victims of assault and battery, that they were unlawfully taken into custody, and that charges of assault and battery upon a police officer were filed against them solely to prevent...

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