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JACKSON v. HENDRICK

498 Pa. 270 (1982)

446 A.2d 226

Gerald JACKSON, et al. v. Edward J. HENDRICK, et al. Application of Edward G. RENDELL, District Attorney of Philadelphia, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 25, 1982.

Reargument Denied July 12, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric B. Henson, Deputy Dist. Atty., Kenneth S. Gallant, Asst. Dist. Atty., for petitioner.

John A. Beck, David Rudovsky, Donald S. Bronstein, Philadelphia, for plaintiffs.

John M. Myers, Asst. City Sol., Philadelphia, for defendants.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT and HUTCHINSON, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Petitioner Edward G. Rendell, District Attorney of Philadelphia, seeks extraordinary relief from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia denying him leave to intervene in the matter of Jackson v. Hendrick, No. 2437 February Term, 1971, a decade-old controversy over the conditions of confinement at Philadelphia's prisons. We are satisfied that the court of common pleas did not abuse its discretion...

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