WOODWARD v. BOWERS

Civ. No. 85-0830.

630 F.Supp. 1205 (1986)

David R. WOODWARD, Mary H. Woodward, Individually and on behalf of Beth R. Woodward, a Minor, Plaintiffs, v. David W. BOWERS, in his official capacity as Recorder of Deeds of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania.

March 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Woodward, Chambersburg, Pa., for plaintiffs.

James J. West, U.S. Atty., Harrisburg, Pa., Joan A. Magagna, Housing & Civil Enforcement Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S., amicus curiae.

Charles W. Rubendall, II, Eugene E. Pepinsky, Jr., Keefer, Wood, Allen & Rahal, Harrisburg, Pa., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM

HERMAN, District Judge.

In cases involving allegations of racial discrimination, parties, their attorneys and in many cases even judges are too ready to let their emotions override their objectivity.

It is wise therefore to avoid the temptation to make sweeping rulings in such a case and to narrowly define the problem before us and to stick closely to sound precedent and to time-honored principles of statutory construction as we proceed...

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