Legal Opinion
Mickens-Thomas v. Vaughn
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 15, 2002No. CIV.A. 99-6161PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
BUCKWALTER, District Judge.
I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On September 29, 1964, the body of twelve-year old Edith Connor was found in a narrow alley behind petitioner’s shoe repair shop on 40th Street in Philadelphia. The properties along 40th Street had rear wooden fences with a door leading from the back yard into the three-foot wide alley. In the opinion of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (Commonwealth v. Thomas, 448 Pa. 42, 292 A.2d 352 (1972)), the following narrative appeared:
The police arrived, pronounced the girl dead at the scene and removed the body to the morgue. The body was…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Joseph Coady v. Donald T. Vaughn the District Attorney of the County of Montgomery the Attorney General of the State of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
- Garner v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Banks v. CainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
- Intercounty Constraction Corp. v. WalterSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Mickens-Thomas v. VaughnCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2003
- Mickens-Thomas v. VaughnCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
- Mickens-Thomas v. VaughnCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2003
- Mickens-Thomas v. VaughnCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
- Toolasprashad v. GrondolskyDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2008
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