Legal Opinion
Shade v. Commonwealth of Pa., Dept. of Transp.
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 12, 1975No. Civ. 75-227PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHERIDAN, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs, Grant D. Shade, Sr. and George D. Mabus, residents of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. A. § 1983 against the defendant, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Jurisdiction is predicated on 28 U.S.C.A. § 1343.
Specifically, plaintiffs request the court to declare unconstitutional the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program, embodied in Rules 175 through 185 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, 19 P.S. Appendix, on the ground that this pre-trial diversion program grants the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by34 opinions
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