Legal Opinion
In Re City of Philadelphia Litigation
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 25, 1994No. Civ. A. 87-2678PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION *
LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.
What we have for consideration today are three cases growing out of the tragic events of May 13, 1985 in which, unhappily, as too many people in this city will recall, in an effort to arrest certain members of the MOVE organization, an explosive device was dropped on the MOVE residence at 6221 Osage Avenue. A fire ensued, and of the thirteen persons inside the MOVE dwelling on that late spring afternoon, only two, one child and one adult, survived. In addition to the destruction of that residence and eleven of the thirteen people within, there was a…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Thomas v. ArnSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by11 opinions
- In Re City of Philadelphia LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- Africa v. City of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- In Re City Of Philadelphia LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- Africa v. City of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- In Re City of Philadelphia LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1996
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