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STANSON v. CARROLL

Civ. A. Nos. 70-1024-70-1027.

316 F.Supp. 484 (1970)

Ronald E. STANSON v. Honorable Vincent A. CARROLL, President Judge, Board of Judges, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Edward J. Blake, Court Administrator, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Leroy B. LIGHTY v. Honorable Vincent A. CARROLL, President Judge, Board of Judges, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Edward J. Blake, Court Administrator, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. George E. BROOKS, Jr. v. Honorable Vincent A. CARROLL, President Judge, Board of Judges, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Edward J. Blake, Court Administrator, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Samuel THOMAS v. Honorable Vincent A. CARROLL, President Judge, Board of Judges, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Edward J. Blake, Court Administrator, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 28, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Dashiell, Curtis Carson, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Richard A. Sprague, David Richman, Asst. Dist. Attys., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in these four cases are persons accused of committing crimes in Philadelphia County who allege that a local Rule of Court, Rule 301, promulgated by the Board of Judges of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, prevents them from retaining counsel of their choice in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. The operation of Rule 301 prevents the attorney plaintiffs have selected, Cecil Moore...

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