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Pittsburgh pays $200,000 to settle claims relating to 2009 G-20 Summit controversy
The City of Pittsburgh has agreed to settle two cases that stemmed from police actions -
Pa. judge instructs commonwealth to respond to supplemental injunction request in Voter ID case
The state judge handling the Voter ID case has ordered the commonwealth to show cause -
Commonwealth Court Judge Simpson issues injunction in Voter ID case preventing law from taking effect in November
A Pennsylvania judge has blocked the state’s controversial Voter ID law from taking -
Pa. Supreme Court vacates Commonwealth Court's ruling upholding Voter ID law, sends back to lower court
In what is being viewed as a partial victory for opponents of the state’s controversial -
Pa. Supreme Court, in Phila., hears oral arguments in Voter ID law appeal
Pennsylvania’s highest court on Sept. 13 listened to oral arguments in the case of -
Pa. Supreme Court to air Voter ID appeal session on live TV
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court announced this week that its Sept. 13 session in -
Pa. Supreme Court schedules hearing for appeal in Voter ID case
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court announced Thursday that it would hear the appeal of -
ACLU of Pa. files suit over state's new controversial Voter ID law
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed suit in Commonwealth Court on Tuesday challenging the state legislature’s recently enacted “Voter ID” law, which requires registered voters to show a photo identification to poll workers during election season. -
ACLU preparing to challenge newly signed Pa. Voter ID law
Less than 24 hours after the new Voter ID law passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and was signed by Gov. Tom Corbett, the American Liberties Union of Pennsylvania announced it is preparing to challenge the measure in court. -
'Open carrier' files federal civil rights suit against city, police dept.
The Pennsylvania man who claimed Philadelphia police officers were overzealous when they held him at gunpoint and forced him to the ground for no other reason than they saw a gun strapped to his hip has filed a federal civil rights complaint against the city and its police department. -
Pittsburgh settles 11 claims tied to mass arrests following '09 G-20 Summit
Nearly half of the plaintiffs who sued the City of Pittsburgh following their arrests tied to the G-20 Summit back in 2009 have agreed to settle with the city, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania. -
Arrests over cell phone videotaping of police lead to increasing number of lawsuits
With an increasing number of Americans using smartphones, it’s only logical to conclude that the number of people whipping out the devices to video and audio record situations in public would increase.