Legal Opinion
Hirsch v. Jewish War Veterans of United States
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 31, 1982No. Civ. A. 81-5041PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.
This case stems from dissension in the ranks of the Jewish War Veterans [JWV] which resulted in the initiation of “court, martial” proceedings by the JWV against 13 of its members. In an attempt to enjoin the JWV court from taking any action against them, the 13 dissident members initiated proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, against the JWV, its officers, two individual members and their attorney. Plaintiffs moved for a preliminary injunction and requested punitive damages for defendants’ “improper, illegal…
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