Lozano v. Hazleton Third Circuit Appeal Documents

(4/10/08)Lozano v. Hazleton is the federal-court lawsuit that challenges the City of Hazleton's anti-immigrant ordinance. After a victory in the trial court (U.S. District Court for the Middle District of PA), the case is now on appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Both sides have filed their briefs, and both sides are supported by briefs of interested parties, known as briefs amicus curiae. The various briefs are available below. Oral argument in the case is expected to take place within the next six to nine months before a three-judge panel of the court, which sits in Philadelphia. We will not know until much closer to the date of the argument when it will be, but will post that information here as soon as it is available.

Defendants' Brief (City of Hazleton)

• Hazleton Defendants' Brief-Appeal (263k PDF)
• Defendants' Reply Brief(127k PDF)

Defendants' Amicus (Friend-of-the-Court) Briefs

• Eagle Forum Amicus Brief (83k PDF)
• Judicial Watch Amicus (1007k PDF)
• Washington Legal Foundation Amicus (63k PDF)

Plaintiffs' Brief

• Hazleton Plaintiffs' Brief-Appeal (425k PDF )

Plaintiffs' Amicus (Friend-of-the-Court) Briefs

• Change to Win Amicus(57k PDF)
• Cities Amicus (includes Baltimore, MD; Hightstown, NJ; Reading, PA; Santa Cruz, CA; Santa Fe, NM; Union City, NJ) (507k PDF)
• Interfaith Groups Amicus (308k PDF)
• International Human Rights Non-Governmental Organizations(134k PDF)
• Law Enforcement Amicus (174k PDF)
• Mexican American Legal Defense Fund Amicus (joined by various national civil rights groups and PA-based Latino and immigrant advocacy groups) (1569k PDF)
• PA Chamber of Commerce Amicus (633k PDF)
• US Chamber of Commerce Amicus(150k PDF)
• Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity at the University of California, Berkeley Law School Amicus(67k PDF)

Judge James Munley's July 26, 2007, opinion in the trial is available here(749k PDF).

More materials on the trial, including earlier legal documents, can be found here.