COMMONWEALTH OF PA. v. O'NEILL

Civ. A. No. 70-3500.

465 F.Supp. 451 (1979)

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA et al. v. Joseph F. O'NEILL, et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

January 23, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry W. Sawyer, III, Alan F. Klein, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

James M. Penny, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

FULLAM, District Judge.

This action, challenging the hiring and promotional practices of the Philadelphia Police Department on racial grounds, was instituted on December 21, 1970. As a result of various statutory changes, amendments to the pleadings, class-action rulings, and allowances of intervention, the case now includes as plaintiffs the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a class consisting of all applicants and would-be applicants for...

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