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UNITED STATES v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

No. 75-2145.

533 F.2d 107 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America (Plaintiff in D.C.) v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA et al. (Defendants in D.C.) Milton J. SHAPP, Governor, et al. (Plaintiffs to Counterclaim in D.C.) v. UNITED STATES of America et al. (Defendants to Counterclaim in D.C.) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania et al. (Plaintiffs to Counterclaim in D.C.), Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 26, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Silver, J. Justin Blewitt, Howard M. Snyder, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Justice, Harrisburg, Pa., for counterclaim plaintiffs-appellants.

J. Stanley Pottinger, Louis M. Thrasher, Daniel F. Rinzel, Susan L. Lentz, Civil Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for counterclaim defendants-appellees.

Before ADAMS, HUNTER and GARTH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

We review on this appeal the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction sought by certain officials of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to enjoin and restrain the United States from withholding federal funds allegedly due the Commonwealth. Our review of a grant or denial of a preliminary injunction is limited to determining whether there has been an abuse of discretion, an error of law or a...

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