Legal Opinion

United States v. Gedraitis

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided July 30, 1981No. Crim. Nos. 80-251, 80-258 to 80-260 and 80-265 to 80-268PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

CLIFFORD SCOTT GREEN, District Judge.

Now before me are the appeals of eight people1 who were convicted of criminal contempt pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 401 for alleged violation of an injunction issued by Judge Raymond Broderick on April 1, 1980. This order prohibited certain activities by the Whitman Area Improvement Council (its members and those acting in concert with it) in its protest of the construction of public housing for low-income families in the Whitman Park area of Philadelphia. The proposed construction of this housing has been the subject of longstanding dispute and…

2Cases cited8 opinions

Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
Hudson v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
United States v. PalmeriCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
Resident Advisory Board v. RizzoDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1976

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3Cited by1 opinion

United States v. Bernadette Gedraitis, in 81-2653. Appeal of Helen Moore, 81-2654. Appeal of Florence Johnson, 81-2655Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982