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ASCHEIM v. QUINLAN

Civ. A. No. 70-670.

324 F.Supp. 789 (1971)

Burton L. ASCHEIM, Jr., Kenneth P. Boas, Mark Cohen, Robert L. Ruck and Thomas W. Simonds, Plaintiffs, v. Francis QUINLAN, Police Officer of the City of Pittsburgh and President of Fort Pitt Lodge No. 1, Fraternal Order of Police, Stephen Joyce, Superintendent of the City of Pittsburgh Police Department, Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney of Allegheny County, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

March 19, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Kunstler, New York City, Harry F. Swanger, Leonard I. Sharon, James H. Logan, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Frederick A. Boehm, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant, City of Pittsburgh Police Dept.

Anthony V. DeCello, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant, Robert W. Duggan, Dist. Atty., of Allegheny County.

OPINION

WEIS, District Judge.

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