Legal Opinion
Coles v. City of Philadelphia
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 18, 2001No. 2:00-cv-06521PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOYNER, District Judge.
This civil rights action has been brought before the Court on motion of the defendants to dismiss the plaintiffs’ complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) on abstention grounds. For the reasons articulated below, the motion shall be granted.
Factual Background
Plaintiffs are the owners of some 23 residences in the area of Pine Street and Osage Avenue in West Philadelphia which were destroyed by fire following the City’s fire-bombing of the house occupied by members of the radical group, MOVE at 6221 Osage Avenue on May 13, 1985. After the fire, the…
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