The ACLU brought suit on behalf of Curtis DeVeaux, a Muslim firefighter, after he was suspended from his position in the Philadelphia Fire Department for refusing to shave his beard as required by Fire...
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May 26, 2005
Keystone School Prayer Case
Religious Liberty
Status: Closed
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit on May 26, 2005, against the Keystone School District, located in Clarion County, Pennsylvania. The suit asks the Court to immediately sign...
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May 16, 2005
Right to March in Springettsbury
First Amendment Rights
Status: Closed
Springettsbury Township issued protesters a $3000 bill for security costs arising from a 25-person march. The ACLU obtained a preliminary injunction preventing the Township from collecting on the bill....
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Apr 30, 2005
Country Music Fan Arrested for Sign
First Amendment Rights
Status: Closed
The ACLU of PA is representing a woman who was arrested for disorderly conduct in the parking lot of the Post-Gazette Pavilion before a country-music concert, for holding up a sign that said, “Show us your...
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Mar 8, 2005
Preacher prosecuted for anti-homosexuality speech
First Amendment Rights
Status: Closed
The ACLU has submitted an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief seeking reconsideration of a recent decision in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a...
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Dec 14, 2004
Kitzmiller v. Dover
Religious Liberty
Status: Closed
In December 2004, the ACLU-PA sued the Dover Area School District on behalf of eleven parents who objected to the recent policy that required the teaching of intelligent design in biology classes as an...