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- Africa v. City of Philadelphia, 158 F.3d 723 (3rd Cir. 1998)
Dec 8, 1992 · This civil rights action, brought by MOVE member Ramona Africa pursuant to §§ 1983 and 1985, arises out of events that occurred on May 13, 1985, when police officers attempted to execute search and arrest warrants for plaintiff and other members of MOVE who resided at 6221 Osage Avenue in West Philadelphia.
Filed: September 9th, 1998. Precedential Status: Unknown Status. Citations: 158 F.3d 723. Docket Number: 96-1978. Author: Mansmann. Download Original. Opinions of the United. 1998 Decisions States Court of Appeals. for the Third Circuit.
A lawsuit appealing a judgment against the police and public officials was filed with the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on November 3, 1994 Africa v. City of Philadelphia (In re City of Philadelphia Litig.), 49 F.3d 945 (1995) and was decided on March 6, 1995.
- May 13, 1985; 38 years ago
Specifically, the court certified for appeal the issue of whether Brooks, Richmond or Sambor are final policymakers whose decision could bind the City for purposes of Ms. Africa's section 1983 claim. In re City of Phila., 1994 WL 46654, at * 8 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 1, 1994). The parties appealed.
Dec 8, 1992 · On March 26, 1992, Magistrate Judge Hall issued a Report and Recommendation recommending denial of motions for summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds filed by defendants W. Wilson Goode, Leo Brooks, Gregore Sambor, William Richmond, Frank Powell, William Klein, Morris Demsko, and Richard Reed. 1 The Report and Recommendation concluded th...
Philadelphia has long been home to people of African origin. As W.E.B. Dubois chronicled in his landmark 1899 sociological study The Philadelphia Negro, Philadelphia has been home to successive Black immigrants and migrants – from African slaves in the 17th and 18th centuries, to freedmen in the 19th century, to waves of the “Great ...
members. See also, Commonwealth v. Africa, 466 Pa. 603, 353 A.2d 855 (1976). 15. Philadelphia Inquirer, Sect. C, 5 (October 28, 1985). Section C was a specially published section containing ex-cerpted testimony from the public hearings held by the PSIC in October 1985. 16. Louise Africa, Statement in response to the Grand Jury
