WILKINSON v. ABRAMS

Civ. A. Nos. 76-1932, 76-2063.

473 F.Supp. 246 (1979)

Joseph WILKINSON, Larry Erdman, Ismael Torres, Juan Maldonado, Alice Wallace, Anthony Chiango, Janice Wholey, James A. Scott, Nina Decosta, Harvey Felton, Catherine Rooney, Louise Covotta, Van Buren Sharpe, Gary Stein, Henry Johnson, Arthur Williams, Jr., Robert Jones, Barbara Seese, Carmella Viscuse, Marie Romanelli and Committee for Full Employment, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Maurice ABRAMS, Chairman of Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, James Breslin, Member of Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Joseph McAneny, Member of Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Ann Reeser, Secretary of Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Paul Smith, Secretary of Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, John Clark, Executive Director of Bureau of Employment Security, F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of United States Department of Labor, and William H. Kolberg, Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, United States Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Linda HOWER, Perry Mickey, Mary Duvall and Blanche Francis, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Paul SMITH, Secretary of Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, John Clark, Executive Director of Bureau of Employment Security, Maurice Abrams, Chairman of Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, James Breslin, Member of Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Joseph McAneny, Member of Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Robert B. Lutz, Supervisor of Unemployment Compensation Referees, F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of United States Department of Labor, and William H. Kolberg, Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, United States Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Botts, III, Lancaster, Pa., H. David Kraut, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Peter F. Vaira, U. S. Atty., Alfred A. Gollatz, Asst. U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for federal defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BECHTLE, District Judge.

Presently before the Court are: (1) the motions of the plaintiffs in Civil Action No. 76-1932 ("Wilkinson plaintiffs") for summary judgment; (2) the motions of the plaintiffs in Civil Action No. 76-2063 ("Hower plaintiffs") for summary judgment; and, (3) the motions of the federal defendants1 for summary judgment. For the reasons stated below, the motions of the federal defendants...

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