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JONES v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

Civ. A. No. 76-1476.

481 F.Supp. 1053 (1979)

Willie JONES, Calvin Byrd and Arthur Lee Jones v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA and Police Department of Philadelphia.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

October 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald J. Bayer, Abraham A. Leizerwoski and Perry Stanton Block, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Paul R. Sacks, Asst. City Sol., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.

POLLAK, District Judge.

The question to be determined is the sufficiency of the amended complaint filed by Willie Jones, Calvin Byrd and Arthur Lee Jones against two defendants, the City of Philadelphia and the Police Department of Philadelphia.

The amended complaint, while not a model of precise pleading, seems to allege in substance the following: (1) on May 13, 1975, the three plaintiffs were "at Liberty Fair in Philadelphia and comporting themselves quietly...

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