ALLENTOWN – A religious order who alleged its rights to practice its faith were being infringed through construction of a natural gas pipeline and lost in federal court for lack of jurisdiction, have appealed their case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has remanded to state court the case of a Virginia organization representing the rights of firearms owners who claimed that a City of Philadelphia ordinance prohibiting anyone to use 3D printers to create firearms violates both state and federal laws.
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 federal appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling which eliminated Gov. Tom Wolf’s unprecedented COVID-19 emergency restrictions, finding the issue to be moot because not only have those restrictions expired in the interim, but voters statewide have also since amended the state constitution to roll back a governor’s range of emergency powers.
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.
PHILADELPHIA – An attorney representing Butler County, a county which contested the legality of Gov. Tom Wolf’s COVID-19 emergency measures before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, agrees with a federal judge that state officials should never again enact policies which violate the constitutional rights of Pennsylvanians.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia has countered litigation from a Virginia organization claiming that a local ordinance prohibiting anyone to use 3D printers to create firearms violates both state and federal laws, by arguing that the claims are moot and lack standing.
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.
PHILADELPHIA – A Virginia organization representing the rights of firearms owners has sued the City of Philadelphia in federal court, claiming that a city ordinance prohibiting anyone to use 3D printers to create firearms violates both state and federal laws.
