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COHEN v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

No. 83-1575.

736 F.2d 81 (1984)

COHEN, Harris and Cohen, Olga, h/w, Appellants, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA and Green, William J., Mayor, City of Philadelphia and Solomon, Morton B., Police Commissioner, City of Philadelphia and Civil Service Commission, City of Philadelphia and D'Amato, Anthony, Personnel Director, City of Philadelphia and Goode, W. Wilson, Managing Director, City of Philadelphia, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 6, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Anthony De Fino (argued), De Fino, De Fino & De Fino, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

Pamela Foa (argued), Russell S. Endo, Asst. City Sol., John M. Myers, Divisional Deputy City Sol., City of Philadelphia Law Dept., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before HUNTER, BECKER, Circuit Judges, and HOFFMAN, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

Harris Cohen, appellant,1 was employed as a police officer with the City of Philadelphia for approximately seven and one half years before his dismissal on May 26, 1980 for suspected participation in a burglary. After being acquitted in a criminal trial, Cohen was reinstated without back pay. He now sues the City of Philadelphia and certain of its officers claiming that they...

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