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FOCUS v. ALLEGHENY COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

No. 95-3014.

75 F.3d 834 (1996)

FOCUS, (For Our Children's Ultimate Safety), a citizens' advocacy group; Jacqueline Colville; Catherine Silvio, Appellants, v. ALLEGHENY COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Family Division, Juvenile Section; Honorable Joseph Jaffe.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 1, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon Pushinsky (Argued), Pittsburgh, PA, and Witold J. Walczak, American Civil Liberties Union, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellants FOCUS, Colville and Silvio.

David M. Donaldson (Argued), Administrative Office of PA Courts, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees The Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County and Honorable Joseph Jaffe.

Before: STAPLETON, HUTCHINSON and SEITZ, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:

A citizen's advocacy group, "For Our Children's Ultimate Safety" ("FOCUS"), and two of the group's members, Jacqueline Colville and Catherine Silvio (collectively, the "plaintiffs"), appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania granting a motion to dismiss their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against the Family Division of the Allegheny County Court of Common...

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