For the past 45 years, Pennsylvania courts have been prohibited from imposing fines that defendants cannot afford to pay, as a way to ensure that they are not saddled with unfordable court debt. But does...
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Oct 30, 2018
PILP v. Wetzel (Hayes v. Wetzel)
Prisoners' Rights
Status: Closed
On October 30, 2018, the ACLU of Pennsylvania with the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, the Abolitionist Law Center, the Amistad Law Project, and volunteer attorneys from the law firm...
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Sep 18, 2018
Police harassing anti-war protestors
First Amendment Rights
Status: Closed
On September 18, 2007, the ACLU-PA filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of the Pittsburgh Organizing Group (POG) asking the court to issue an emergency injunction to stop Pittsburgh police from...
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Jun 26, 2018
Arison v. Fayette County
Criminal Justice Reform
Status: Open
On June 26, 2018, the ACLU of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project filed a class-action lawsuit challenging the cruel and inhumane living conditions for prisoners at the Fayette...
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Jun 8, 2018
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
LGBTQIA+ Equality
Status: Open
After the city of Philadelphia learned in March 2018 that two of its foster care providers would not license same-sex couples to be foster parents, the city ceased referring children to these...
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May 22, 2018
Martinez v. Doll et al.
Immigrants' Rights
Status: Open
On May 22, 2018, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the law firm DLA Piper LLP (US) filed a legal complaint in federal district court to end the unlawful detention of Jose “Ivan” Noe...