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JOHNSON v. CRUMLISH

Civ. A. No. 33800.

224 F.Supp. 22 (1963)

Elijah JOHNSON v. James C. CRUMLISH, District Attorney in and for the City and County of Philadelphia, and Armand Della Porta, Assistant District Attorney, and Louis J. Amarando, Clerk of Quarter Sessions Court, in and for City and County of Philadelphia, and Saul Bookbinder, Warden of Moyamensing Prison, and Curtis C. Carson, Jr., Esq., and William Waller, and John Doe, a County Detective, District Attorney's Office.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

December 2, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert B. Soffian, by Albert Dragon, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Edward G. Bauer, City Sol., by Joseph V. Furlong, Deputy City Sol., Philadelphia, Pa., for Crumlish, Della Porta, Amarando, Bookbinder and John Doe.

Frank L. Stanley, Philadelphia, Pa., for Carson and Waller.

WOOD, District Judge.

This is an action for damages arising under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983, filed by the plaintiff against the District Attorney of Philadelphia, Assistant District Attorney, Clerk of the Quarter Sessions Court, Warden of Moyamensing Prison, a private attorney, a Philadelphia County detective and an individual named William Waller.

On or about October 5, 1962, the plaintiff was presented a card which stated as follows:...

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