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UNITED STATES v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

Civ. A. No. 79-2937.

482 F.Supp. 1274 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

December 13, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drew S. Days, III, L. Michael Thrasher, Martha A. Fleetwood, Frederick S. Mittelman, Washington, D. C., Peter F. Vaira, John F. Penrose, William J. McGettigan, Howard D. Finkelstein, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Sheldon L. Albert, Stephen T. Saltz, Ralph J. Teti, John R. Padova, James E. Beasley, Ellen Q. Suria, Richard A. Sprague, Edward H. Rubenstone, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

DITTER, District Judge.

This is an action brought by the Attorney General of the United States seeking broad equitable relief against an alleged pattern of police brutality. On October 30, 1979, I issued an opinion and order dismissing most of the complaint's allegations for lack of standing. Included in the complaint, however, was the charge that the defendants had discriminated on the basis of race in the administration of federally...

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