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JACKSON v. HENDRICK

746 A.2d 574 (2000)

Gerald JACKSON, a/k/a Gerald Day, Charles S. Beaufort, Emmanuel Gardner, Anthony Sanders, a minor, by Alice Sanders, his guardian, and William Respass, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Edward J. HENDRICK, individually and as Superintendent of Philadelphia Prisons, et al., Defendants. Appeal of City of Philadelphia, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 22, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie L. Franklin-Suber, Richard Feder, Marcia Berman, Philadelphia, for City of Philadelphia.

David Rudovsky, for Gerald Jackson, et al. and Edward J. Hendrick, et al.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by allowance from an order of the commonwealth court which quashed an appeal for lack of jurisdiction. The factual background of the case is as follows.

On October 2, 1996, the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County entered an order in which the City of Philadelphia, appellant, was held in contempt of the provisions of a consent decree governing the...

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