Legal Opinion
Santiago v. City of Philadelphia
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 24, 1976No. Civ. A. No. 74-2589PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Chief Judge.
This is a civil rights action brought by seventeen juveniles, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, challenging the conditions of confinement and treatment at the Youth Study Center (“YSC”), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and seeking injunctive and declaratory relief and damages. Plaintiffs have moved for class action certification. We grant their motion as it applies to injunctive and declaratory relief.
The plaintiffs, all of whom have been confined at YSC, initiated this action in October, 1974 and have filed two amended complaints.…
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