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HUGHES v. RIZZO

Civ. A. No. 43199.

282 F.Supp. 881 (1968)

Patrick HUGHES, Barbara Frederick and Allen Saft, Plaintiffs, v. Frank RIZZO, as Commissioner of Police of the City of Philadelphia, Harold Schick, as Director Fairmount Park Commission and Francis C. Deegan, as Superintendent Fairmount Park Commission.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

April 11, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Pittinsky and Julian E. Goldberg, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Edward G. Bauer, City Sol., John M. McNally, Jr., Asst. City Sol., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION

FULLAM, District Judge.

This is an action under the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983), brought as a class action under Fed.R.Civ.P. 23, to restrain certain officials of the City of Philadelphia and the Fairmount Park Commission from harassing the plaintiffs and the class they represent in their use of Rittenhouse Square, a small public park.

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