Legal Opinion
Sager v. Burgess
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 20, 1972No. Civ. A. 72-1115PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
WEINER, 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, for a declaratory judgment which seeks an adjudication to the effect that the Pennsylvania Municipal Claims Act, Act of May 16, 1923, P.L. 207, as amended, 53 P.S. § 7101 et seq. unconstitutionally deprives plaintiffs of property without due process of law which is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 1
On May 10, 1971, during the course of a public meeting the Borough Council of Pottstown enacted an…
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Cook v. CarlsonDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1973
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