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VECCHIONE v. WOHLGEMUTH

No. 76-2631.

558 F.2d 150 (1977)

Elvira VECCHIONE and Walter Buress and all other persons similarly situated v. Helene WOHLGEMUTH, Secretary, Department of Public Welfare, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Franklyn R. Clarke, M. D., Superintendent, Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry, Elwood N. Shoemaker, Revenue Agent, Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry, Frank Beal et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 14, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman J. Watkins, Allen C. Warshaw, J. Justin Blewitt, Jr., Deputy Attys. Gen., Chief, Civil Litigation, Robert P. Kane, Atty. Gen., Department of Justice, Harrisburg, Pa., for appellants.

David Ferleger, Judy Greenwood, Jonathan M. Stein, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before VAN DUSEN, GIBBONS and GARTH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

This case involves an appeal from a denial of a motion, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b), to vacate a consent decree. Vecchione v. Wohlgemuth, 426 F.Supp. 1297 (E.D.Pa.1977). The consent decree was entered in settlement of a contempt proceeding against certain officials of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, who defied an injunctive...

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