Drennon v. Philadelphia General Hospital

Decided January 31, 1977. Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

428 F. Supp. 809 · Cited 51 times

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• Gurmankin v. Costanzo · 411 F. Supp. 982
• Pitrone v. Mercadante · 420 F. Supp. 1384
• NAACP v. Allen · 340 F. Supp. 703
• Maybanks v. Ingraham · 378 F. Supp. 913
• Everett v. City of Chester · 391 F. Supp. 26
• United States Ex Rel. Clark v. Frazer · 297 F. Supp. 319
• Wade v. Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service · 372 F. Supp. 126
• Patterson v. City of Chester · 389 F. Supp. 1093
• Frederick L. v. Thomas · 408 F. Supp. 832

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