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IMPRISONED CITIZENS UNION v. SHAPP

Civ. A. No. 70-3054.

473 F.Supp. 1017 (1979)

IMPRISONED CITIZENS UNION v. Milton SHAPP et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

June 18, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack J. Levine, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

J. Andrew Smyser, Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Chief Judge.

I.

On November 4, 1970 this § 1983 action was commenced by twenty-one plaintiffs confined by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in six correctional institutions. The complaint alleged that certain of defendants' practices, regulations and omissions violated plaintiffs' constitutional rights. On October 20, 1972 I certified a class consisting of the named plaintiffs and "all other persons who are now...

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