PITTSBURGH – A Whitehall Borough store owner’s lawsuit alleging that local policy towards skill machines and mechanical device licenses is being selectively enforced against him in violation of state and federal law, will now be heard in a Pennsylvania federal court.
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit from a religious order which alleged their rights to practice their faith were being infringed through construction of a natural gas pipeline, for lack of jurisdiction.
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for a member of the Pittsburgh Police Department has cited the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act in response to allegations made by a local man who claimed he was assaulted by local police officers in 2013 when he was returning home from a trip to a convenience store alongside his brother.
PHILADELPHIA – For now, a federal judge has thrown out a claim for municipal liability against the City of Philadelphia from a street preacher locally known as “Philly Jesus” who was arrested when he was evangelizing in a public park just before Christmas in 2019.
PHILADELPHIA – A pair of West Chester residents are appealing the dismissal of their suit against the municipality and its mayor and challenging the constitutionality of their emergency declaration orders issued during the coronavirus pandemic to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
PHILADELPHIA – A Colorado man alleges that the death of a Coatesville nursing care facility resident from an inter-cranial hemorrhage two years ago was the result of negligent care on the part of the facility and its staff, and has filed a wrongful death lawsuit to that effect.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man alleges he was assaulted by local police officers when he was walking back to his home from a trip to a convenience store alongside his brother, back in 2013.
PHILADELPHIA – A Delaware County man alleges his constitutional rights were violated when he was subjected to an illegal search and seizure during a traffic stop by a Darby Township police officer, and has brought legal action against that officer, his superior and the municipality.
PITTSBURGH – A Seattle-based, non-denominational church stands by its case that Allegheny County officials are allegedly misusing a Pennsylvania law to avoid solemnizing legal marriages in the Commonwealth.
PHILADELPHIA – The Borough of West Chester has won dismissal of a lawsuit filed against the municipality and its former mayor, which challenged the constitutionality of their emergency declaration orders issued during the coronavirus pandemic.
PHILADELPHIA – While the Borough of West Chester feels that a lawsuit filed against the municipality and its former mayor which challenged the constitutionality of their emergency declaration orders issued during the coronavirus pandemic is moot, the plaintiffs counter that the issue is not resolved.
PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County officials counter that they are not misusing a Pennsylvania law to avoid solemnizing legal marriages in the Commonwealth, contrary to recent assertions from a non-denominational church, and wants the church’s complaint thrown out.
WASHINGTON – The United States Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the City of Philadelphia was wrong to eliminate foster care referrals from being directed to Catholic Social Services, due to its refusal to accept same-sex couples seeking to be foster parents because of their religious beliefs.
The following cases categorized as "895 other statutes: freedom of information act" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on May 17. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
PITTSBURGH – A federal court lawsuit from a non-denominational religious group contends that a Pennsylvania state law has been used by state officials to declare that it may not solemnize legal marriages in the Commonwealth.
SCRANTON - A former Lackawanna County deputy sheriff with more than two decades of tenure brought a lawsuit against the county and Sheriff Mark McAndrew for alleged freedom of speech and civil rights violations, according to documents filed Feb. 26 in Scranton federal court.
HARRISBURG – After a federal judge’s recent rejection of their bid to prevent enforcement of Gov. Tom Wolf’s face mask mandate statewide and the state’s contact tracking system for COVID-19, two Pennsylvania couples have appealed the denial to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
