ACLU-PA Sues Souderton School District Over Banned Parents
ACLU-PA filed a lawsuit against the Souderton Area School District after the district banned from school property two parents and a former student who criticized a school board member for posting lewd content about VP Kamala Harris online.
On October 30, 2009, the ACLU of Pennsylvania sent a letter to the State College Borough Council warning the council that provisions of a "nuisance gathering ordinance" it is considering are...
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Sep 21, 2009
Seeds of Peace Collective, et al v. City of Pittsburgh, et al
First Amendment Rights
Status: Closed
On September 21, 2009, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU-PA) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a complaint , in the United States District Court for the Western...
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Sep 21, 2009
Piper v. City of Pittsburgh, et al.
First Amendment Rights
Status: Closed
The ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit on September 21 on behalf of Karen Piper, a bystander who suffered permanent hearing loss after Pittsburgh police deployed a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD...
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Sep 11, 2009
Code Pink v. US Secret Service
First Amendment Rights
Status: Closed
On September 11, 2009, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU-PA) filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Western...
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Aug 13, 2009
Pittsburgh man arrested for audiotaping police
Police Practices
Status: Closed
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit on August 13, 2009, on behalf of a Pittsburgh man who was arrested by University of Pittsburgh police earlier this year for recording an...
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Aug 13, 2009
Matheny v. Allegheny County, et al.
First Amendment Rights
Status: Closed
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit on August 13, 2009, on behalf of a Pittsburgh man who was arrested by University of Pittsburgh police earlier that year for recording an...