Gerber v. Schofield

DICKINSON, District Judge.

The motion originally made by the plaintiff for a preliminary injunction and an ad interim restraining order has been withdrawn.

Underlying the present motion is a flat challenge of the bill on the broad ground, inter .alia, that it discloses no cause of action. The bill itself has as its objective a writ of injunction, directed to the police department of the city of Philadelphia, restraining its officers (as the defendants view it) from enforcing the provisions of the state law, known as the Snyder Act (Pa. St. Supp. 1928 §§ 14098a — 1 et seq. and 14098c — 1 et…