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JACKSON ET AL. v. HENDRICK ET AL.

Nos. 1647 C.D. 1981 and 1839 C.D. 1981.

72 Pa.Commw. 63 (1983)

Gerald Jackson et al. v. Edward J. Hendrick et al. Edward G. Rendell, District Attorney of Philadelphia County, Appellant. Edward J. Hendrick et al., Appellants v. Gerald Jackson et al., Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

February 14, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth S. Gallant, Assistant District Attorney, with him Eric B. Henson, Deputy District Attorney for appellant/intervening appellant, Edward G. Rendell, District Attorney of Philadelphia County.

David Rudovsky, Kairys, Rudovsky & Maguigan, with him Donald Bronstein and John A. Beck, for appellees, Gerald Jackson et al.

John M. Myers, Divisional Deputy City Solicitor, with him Jonathan K. Stubbs, Assistant City Solicitor, Richard J. Gold, Chief Assistant City Solicitor, Alan J. Davis, City Solicitor, and Tama Clark, for appellants, Edward J. Hendrick et al., and the City of Philadelphia.

Edward A. Aguilar, Special Master for Prisons.

Argued December 14, 1982, before President Judge CRUMLISH, JR. and Judges ROGERS, BLATT, CRAIG and DOYLE.

OPINION BY JUDGE DOYLE, February 14, 1983:

The District Attorney and the City of Philadelphia appeal from the orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County denying the City's Exceptions to the Decrees Nisi entered and denying the District Attorney's Petition to Intervene in this case.

This litigation began in 1971 when five prisoners (Plaintiffs) in the Philadelphia Prison System filed a class action in equity seeking injunctive relief from conditions...

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