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CITY OF PHILADELPHIA v. WASHINGTON POST CO.

Civ. A. No. 79-3050.

482 F.Supp. 897 (1979)

The CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, on its own behalf, on behalf of the officers and men of the Philadelphia Police Department and on behalf of the citizens of the City of Philadelphia, Plaintiff, v. The WASHINGTON POST COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

December 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon L. Albert, Law Dept., City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, for plaintiff.

Oliver C. Biddle, Helen P. Pudlin, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, John B. Kuhns, Kevin T. Baine, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM

FULLAM, District Judge.

On August 13, 1979, the United States Department of Justice filed a lawsuit in this district, charging the City of Philadelphia, its Mayor, and various police officials with violating the constitutional rights of its citizens by pursuing policies of police abuse and brutality. The following day, the defendant published, in its "Washington Post" newspaper, an account of the lawsuit and the alleged background events leading...

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