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PRESTON v. CITY OF YORK

Civ. A. No. 77-422.

452 F.Supp. 52 (1978)

Anthony PRESTON, Dale Preston, Benjamin Kinard and Mary Kinard, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF YORK, John Krout, Mayor, Wayne Ruppert, Commissioner of Police, John A. MacDonald, Douglas Meisenhelter, William E. Smith, William Gross and John Crisamore, Individually and as Policemen, Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. Pennsylvania.

May 22, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Harris, York, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Edward Roberts, Kain, Brown, Roberts & Woodbury, York, Pa., for the city of York.

Joseph W. Moyer, York, Pa., for city of York and John D. Krout.

Edward Knauss, III, Harrisburg, Pa., for all defendants except J. D. Krout.

Wentworth D. Veddar, York, Pa., for John D. Krout.

HERMAN, District Judge.

MEMORANDUM

In this civil rights suit Plaintiffs, black residents of the city of York, Pennsylvania ("City"), allege racially motivated abuse by city police officers. Jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343, with claims being asserted under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983 and 1985.

Police Commissioner Ruppert and the individual policemen filed an answer to the original complaint, while Mayor Krout and...

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