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SMITH v. WOOD

Civ. A. No. 86-3670.

649 F.Supp. 901 (1986)

Lewis duPont SMITH v. Lawrence E. WOOD, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania, Civil Division.

September 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Crummett, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

David R. Weyl, Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

SCIRICA, District Judge.

Lewis duPont Smith has petitioned this court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the application of the Pennsylvania guardianship laws, 20 Pa.Cons.Stat.Ann. § 5501(1) and (2)1 (Purdon 1975). Specifically, Smith alleges that a ruling by Judge Lawrence Wood of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, declaring Smith incompetent to manage his...

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