Tag Archives: ACLU of PA
ACLU of Pa. sues Norristown over ordinance requiring eviction of repeat callers reporting domestic violence
Lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union and the law firm Pepper Hamilton have filed a federal lawsuit in Philadelphia against a Montgomery County municipality challenging an allegedly unconstitutional local ordinance that punishes tenants and landlords for requesting police assistance. … Read More
ACLU: Phila. P.D. ‘stop-and-frisks’ still problematic despite ’11 consent decree in class action case
Civil rights lawyers who sued in late 2010 on behalf of Philadelphia residents who contended the city’s police department disproportionately targets black men during its controversial “stop-and-frisk” policy said this week that they continue to be troubled by similar allegations, … Read More
Parties in Voter ID case agree to stipulation asking for extension of preliminary injunction
Both sides in the debate over the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s new Voter ID law have agreed to a stipulation asking that the preliminary injunction entered by the courts that prevented the law from taking effect this past November be extended … Read More
Pittsburgh and plaintiffs arrested during ’09 G-20 Summit settle for $400k, brings suits to a close
The City of Pittsburgh has agreed to settle the remaining claims in a handful of civil rights suits that arose out of the mass arrest of demonstrators and others during the 2009 Group of 20 Summit that was held in western … Read More
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 during the Group of 20 Summit held in the western Pennsylvania city back in the fall of 2009. The city will pay a total of … Read More
On eve of inmate execution, newspapers’ suit against DOC may halt lethal injection
In just two day’s time, convicted murderer Hubert L. Michael, Jr., who pleaded guilty in October 1994 to kidnapping and killing a teenage girl in York County, is scheduled to face lethal injection at the Rockview State Correctional Institution in … Read More
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 why a supplemental injunction barring the continued advertising of since-halted photo identification regulations should not be granted. Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson’s Oct. 24 order … Read More
ACLU files petition in Voter ID case seeking to bar state from disseminating outdated info
A Pennsylvania judge recently halted the state’s controversial Voter ID law, preventing the legislation from taking effect until after the November general election. But apparently some in state government have yet to receive the message. This was conveyed by the … Read More
Pa. newspapers sue commonwealth over limited access to prisoner executions
Two prominent Pennsylvania daily newspapers are embroiled in litigation against the state Department of Corrections and various officials over a policy that bars the media and members of the public from fully viewing inmate executions. Attorneys for the Philadelphia Inquirer … Read More
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 Applewhite v. Commonwealth, the challenge to the state’s recently enacted Voter ID law. The six justices – Joan Orie Melvin currently remains suspended from the bench … Read More