Legal Opinion
Midnight Sessions, Ltd. v. City of Philadelphia
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 2, 1991No. Nos. 91-1055, 91-1109 and 91-1140PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.
In this civil rights action, the City of Philadelphia appeals from an order entered February 11, 1991, denying it a judgment notwithstanding a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs Midnight Sessions (After Midnight), Baker Ocean, Inc. (Down South), and several of their individual investors, who alleged that the City violated their constitutional rights by denying their applications for dance hall licenses. In particular the plaintiffs pleaded causes of action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that they had been denied substantive and procedural due…
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