Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Rizzo
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 11, 1968No. Civ. A. 43199PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FULLAM, District Judge.
This is an action under the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983), brought as a class action under Fed.R.Civ.P. 23, to restrain certain officials of the City of Philadelphia and the Fairmount Park Commission from harassing the plaintiffs and the class they represent in their use of Rittenhouse Square, a small public park.
Plaintiffs exemplify the cultural phenomenon commonly known as the “hippie” movement. 1 The complaint describes the class represented by plaintiffs as consisting of persons who are “unconventional or are regarded by defendants and their agents as…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Lanzetta v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- United States v. GuestSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Niemotko v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Edwards v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by60 opinions
- Nancy Sullivan v. C. Francis Murphy, Corporation Counsel of the District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- In Re CoxCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press v. American Telephone & Telegraph CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Dale B. Menard v. William B. Saxbe, Attorney General of the United States and Clarence M. KelleyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Dale B. Menard v. John N. Mitchell and John Edgar HooverCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
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