· 4/29/1976
Donald Edward Allen v. Louis S. Aytch, Individually and as Superintendent or Director of Philadelphia County Prisons
Citations
- 535 F.2d 817
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- avoiding constitutional issue by remanding for determination of pendent issues of federal and local law first raised by party on appeal
- declining to rule on constitutional question and remanding to district court for consideration of alternative ground
- declining to construe the complaint of a third year law student liberally because the student had “substantial legal training”
- declining to construe the complaint of a third year law student liberally because the student had “substantial legal training”
- declining to construe the complaint of a third year law student liberally because the student had “substantial legal training”
- remanding to the district court for consideration of alternative ground which did not involve Constitutional issues rather than reach out to decide an unnecessary Constitutional issue
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Judges: Adams, Hunter, Garth
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