Legal Opinion
Leslie v. Philadelphia 1976 Bicentennial Corp.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 25, 1972No. 70-3503PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.
I. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
This is a civil rights action. Plaintiff, Catherine S. Leslie (“Leslie”), was formerly the Coordinator of Community Development of the defendant Philadelphia 1976 Bicentennial Corporation (“Bicentennial Corp.”). She was discharged from that employment on October 20, 1970, following a series of events which form the basis for the final stage of this lawsuit. In the first stage, following the taking of testimony on the subject, we held that Bicentennial Corp. was the surrogate or corporate instrumentality of the State for…
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- Shelton v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Wieman v. UpdegraffSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Roseman v. HasslerDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
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- Thompson v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- Leslie v. Philadelphia 1976 Bicentennial CorpCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973