The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit on October 12, 2010, on behalf of two Blawnox Borough residents, Melina Brajovic and Peggy Albright, who experienced repeated...
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Sep 21, 2010
Armstrong, et al. v. City of Pittsburgh, et al.
First Amendment Rights
Status: Closed
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit on September 21, 2010, on behalf of 25 people who were swept up in a mass arrest of demonstrators, observers, and passersby in the...
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Aug 31, 2010
Nominating Petition of Carl Stevenson
Voting Rights
Status: Closed
In August 2010, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania appealed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court a Commonwealth Court decision removing from the ballot Carl Stevenson, an independent candidate...
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Aug 17, 2010
D'Amico v. Brownsville Area School District
Privacy & Security
Status: Closed
A teacher suspended after hosting a bachelorette party that included a stripper will receive back pay, an award for emotional distress and attorneys' fees, and have her personnel record cleared as part of a...
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Jul 27, 2010
FOIA Request on FBI Records
Security & Civil Liberties
On July 27, 2010, the ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a Freedom of Information (FOIA) request asking the FBI to turn over records related to the agency's collection and use of race and ethnicity data in local...
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Jun 15, 2010
PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
First Amendment Rights
Status: Closed
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) agreed on June 15, 2010, to immediately suspend enforcement of a statewide regulation that prohibits any "expression of views" or...