CONCERNED CIT. OF BRIDESBURG v. PHIL. WATER DEPT.

No. 87-1092.

843 F.2d 679 (1988)

CONCERNED CITIZENS OF BRIDESBURG: Coppola, James, et al., v. PHILADELPHIA WATER DEPARTMENT; the City of Philadelphia; Marrazzo, William J., in his capacity as Water Commissioner of Philadelphia; White, James Stanley, in his capacity as Managing Director of the City of Philadelphia; Rohm & Haas Company; and Allied Corporation Appeal of CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, William J. Marrazzo and James Stanley White.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Assigned December 21, 1987.

Decided March 31, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Handsel B. Minyard, City Solicitor, Denise D. Colliers (argued), Divisional Deputy City Solicitor, Frederick C. Bader, Asst. City Solicitor, City of Philadelphia Law Dept., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

Jerome Balter (argued), Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SCIRICA and GARTH, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied April 25, 1988.

OPINION OF THE COURT

A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This appeal rises from an action brought by the residential neighbors of an urban sewage treatment facility. The appeal concerns a contempt citation issued against appellants (together, "the City" or "Philadelphia") for violating an injunction previously entered by the district court. We hold that the district court at all times had...

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