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COMMONWEALTH v. RYAN

459 Pa. 148 (1974)

327 A.2d 351

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. John RYAN et al., Appellants. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Vernetta TOLLIVER et al., Appellants. William ROSS, President, et al. v. Frank SULLIVAN, President, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 16, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard M. Sagot, Thomas W. Jennings, Ettinger, Poserina, Silverman, Dubin, Anapol & Sagot, A. Benjamin Johnson, Jr. (representing Edward Johnson only), Philadelphia, for appellants.

Arlen Specter, Dist. Atty., Richard A. Sprague, First Asst. Dist. Atty., David Richman, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief Appeals Div., L.A. Perez, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellee Com. of Pa.

Vincent J. Salandria, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Philadelphia, for appellees Frank Sullivan et al.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

POMEROY, Justice.

These appeals arise out of a strike which crippled the Philadelphia school system from January 8 to March 1, 1973. The questions before us are the validity of an injunction prohibiting the strike and the validity of contempt proceedings instituted against various persons who violated the injunction.

On January 11, 1973, after two days of hearings in the Philadelphia...

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