On December 22, 2011, the ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit on behalf of Ed Coffin, an animal rights activist who was illegally arrested and held for two hours for handing out fliers on a public sidewalk...
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Oct 20, 2011
Aponte, et al. v. Martino, et al.
Due Process
Status: Closed
The ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit on October 20, 2011, on behalf of nine Mexican lawn service workers who were falsely arrested and detained for hours while shopping at the Galleria mall in...
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Oct 19, 2011
NAACP v. City of Philadelphia, et al.
First Amendment Rights
Status: Open
The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Pennsylvania and the NAACP filed a lawsuit on October 19, 2011, against the city of Philadelphia charging that its refusal to allow an advertisement promoting...
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Oct 6, 2011
Wagner v. Hannon, et al.
First Amendment Rights
Status: Closed
The ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit on October 6, 2011, on behalf of Gilberton Borough (Schuylkill County) Councilman Robert Wagner, who was arrested and strip-searched last summer after using...
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May 18, 2011
Wiessmann v. State College Area School District
LGBTQIA+ Equality
Status: Closed
In May 2011 Andrew Shubin and Justine Andronici, along with the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the American Civil Liberties Union's Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Rights Project, filed...
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Mar 9, 2011
M.T. v. Panther Valley School District
Student & Youth Rights
Status: Closed
On March 9, 2011, the ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit on behalf of two Panther Valley School District (Carbon County) students, siblings M.T., a ninth grader, and Jeremy Thomas, a twelfth grader, who...