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COMMONWEALTH OF PA. v. LOCAL U. NO. 542, INT. U. OF OP. ENG.

Civ. A. No. 71-2698.

347 F.Supp. 268 (1972)

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA et al., v. LOCAL UNION NO. 542, INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

August 4, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold I. Goodman, Andrew S. Price, Community Legal Services, Philadelphia, Pa., for class and named plaintiffs.

Thomas J. Oravetz, J. Shane Creamer, Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., for the Com. of Pennsylvania.

Abraham E. Freedman, Philadelphia, Pa., for Local 542.

Ralph B. Powell, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for General Bldg. Contractors Assn.

OPINION

HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.

I.

In Philadelphia 196 years ago, a prophetic national vision was uttered in the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal . . .". Yet, when proclaimed, the vision was not being implemented for many persons1 in the new nation, since nearly one-fifth of the population was held...

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