Multi-Family Council v. Municipal Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Multi-Family Council v. Municipal Court, 689 F.2d 469 (3d Cir. 1982)
Multi-Family Council v. Municipal Court
Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
This appeal from the district court’s dismissal of a claim for damages and injunctive and declaratory relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 requires us to consider whether the complaint stated a claim upon which relief could be granted. Plaintiff-appellants are landlords who alleged that the Philadelphia courts’ failure to give priority to processing eviction claims was an abridgment of the landlords’ rights to due process. After considering all of appellants’ contentions, we endorse the reasoning and conclusions expressed by the Honorable Louis H. Poliak in his opinion in Multi-Family Council v. Municipal Court, 541 F.Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1982).
Accordingly, the judgment of the district court will be affirmed.
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- MULTI-FAMILY COUNCIL OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA and Chancellor Associates, individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated individuals and/or business entities having financial interest in rental residential real estate in the City of Philadelphia v. The MUNICIPAL COURT OF the CITY OF PHILADELPHIA and Glancey, Honorable Joseph R. President Judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court and Scally, III, Bernard A. Court Administrator of the Philadelphia Municipal Court and the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia and Bradley, Honorable Edward J. President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and Gelfand, Honorable Eugene Judge-Motion Court and Savitt, Honorable David N. Judge—Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Administrator and Petitt, Jr., Esquire, John J. Court of Common Pleas Prothonotary Tenant Action Group, Intervening Multi-Family Council of Southeastern Pennsylvania, and Chancellor Associates
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