ANDERSON v. RIZZO

Civ. A. No. 77-2795.

469 F.Supp. 683 (1979)

Ronnie ANDERSON et al. v. Frank L. RIZZO et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

May 4, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Perna, Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Barry J. Grossman, Asst. City Sol., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM

LUONGO, District Judge.

Ronnie Anderson and nine other named plaintiffs filed the amended complaint in this class action1 on December 15, 1978. The complaint, which is based on the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976), challenges the procedures employed by the Philadelphia police in towing, detaining, and disposing of motor vehicles allegedly abandoned on public streets. In Count I, plaintiffs assert...

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