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SILAS v. SMITH

Civ. A. No. 71-2965.

361 F.Supp. 1187 (1973)

James SILAS, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated v. Paul J. SMITH et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 30, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew S. Price, Harold I. Goodman, Bruce E. Endy, Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Lawrence T. Hoyle, Jr., Thomas J. Oravetz, Deputy Attys. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa.; Michael Minkin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lowell A. Reed, Jr., Henry H. Janssen, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

Before JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge, and LUONGO and MASTERSON, District Judges.

OPINION

LUONGO, District Judge.

Plaintiff, James Silas, has instituted this class action suit seeking to have declared unconstitutional § 413 of the Workmen's Compensation Act of Pennsylvania. Also under attack are certain administrative practices, allegedly fostered by § 413,1 relating to the suspension and withholding of payments to injured employees without prior notice or hearing. It is charged that this section...

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