Legal Docket

Most Recent Cases

• Hazleton Area School District
• George v. TSA
• English, et al. v. Chester County
• DeRosa v. Doe
• Northeast Pennsylvania Freethought Society v. Luzerne County
• Myers v. Borough of Penbrook
• Friends of Animals v. National Park Service
• State College Nuisance Ordinance (proposed)
• Palmerton Area School District
• Seeds of Peace Collective, et al v. City of Pittsburgh, et al

Due Process

• State College Nuisance Ordinance (proposed) (Borough proposing to hold hosts responsible for illegal activities of party guests)
• Cepeda, et al. v. Court of Common Pleas for the County of Berks (Indigent men held in prison without legal representation)
• Scherfen et al. v. United States Department of Homeland Security et al. (Muslim couple wrongly placed on Terrorist Watch List)
• El-Ganayni v. United States Department of Energy et al (Muslim physicist's security clearance revoked for criticism of US policy)
• Doe v. Fayette County Children and Youth Services (Children removed from father improperly by CYS)

Free Speech

• George v. TSA (College student arrested at airport for having Arabic language flashcards in carry-on luggage)
• DeRosa v. Doe (Township supervisor sues to get identity of anonymous Internet critics)
• Myers v. Borough of Penbrook (Woman told she can't display "You're in Steelers Country" banner on her front porch other than on game days)
• Friends of Animals v. National Park Service (Protestors not allowed on sidewalks around Independence Mall )
• Palmerton Area School District (Students punished for wearing t-shirts critical of school dress code)
• Seeds of Peace Collective, et al v. City of Pittsburgh, et al (G-20 protestors harassed by police)
• Code Pink vs US Secret Service (Protest groups sue federal and city authorities for right to hold peaceful G20 demonstrations.)
• Matheny v. Allegheny County, et. al. (Pittsburgh man arrested for audiotaping police in public)
• Papiernik v. East Norriton Township (Township has unconstitutional sign ordinance and is selectively enforcing it to help incumbents)
• Kalman v. Cortes (Business name denied incorporation by state because its 'blasphemous')
• Kraft v. Harhut, et al (Voters not allowed to wear T-shirts endorsing candidates at polling places)
• Babines v. Adams Township (Pole-dancing instructor forbidden from opening studio)
• Commonwealth v. Pappert (Man charged with harassment for complaining to goverment officials about air pollution issues in his neighborhood)
• Bessey v. City of Philadelphia (Protestor arrested outside of circus)
• League of Young Voters, et al. v. Port Authority of Allegheny County, et al. (Port Authority refuses to run bus ads)

Immigrants' Rights

• Hazleton Area School District (School district requires excessive documentation to prove residency)
• PennDOT's suspension of driver's licenses (PennDOT's suspension of driver's licenses of people without Social Security numbers)

Police Practices

• Matheny v. Allegheny County, et. al. (Pittsburgh man arrested for audiotaping police in public)
• Hookway v. East Vincent Township and Borough of Spring City (Man cited for videotaping police)

Prisoners' Rights

• Prison Legal News v. PA Dept. of Corrections (Appeal under Right to Know Law after request denied by Dept. of Corrections)

Privacy

• Miller, et al v. Skumanick (Teenage girls threatened with child pornography for cell phone photos of themselves)

Racial Justice

• English, et al. v. Chester County (African-American students deprived of right to vote by inadequate polling place)

Religious Liberty

• Northeast Pennsylvania Freethought Society v. Luzerne County (Religious symbols displayed on Luzerne County Courthouse lawn.)
• Shenkel United Church of Christ v. North Coventry Township (Church forbidden by township from providing temporary emergency shelter to the homeless)
• Just for Jesus Challenge Homeless Outreach v. Borough of Brookville (Township shuts down church's ministry to the homeless)

Security & Civil Liberties

• George v. TSA (College student arrested at airport for having Arabic language flashcards in carry-on luggage)
• Code Pink vs US Secret Service (Protest groups sue federal and city authorities for right to hold peaceful G20 demonstrations.)

Student & Youth Rights

• Hazleton Area School District (School district requires excessive documentation to prove residency)
• Palmerton Area School District (Students punished for wearing t-shirts critical of school dress code)

Voting Issues

• English, et al. v. Chester County (African-American students deprived of right to vote by inadequate polling place)
• ACORN v. Tom Corbett, et al. (Challenge to Pennsylvania voter-registration law)
• Kraft v. Harhut, et al (Voters not allowed to wear T-shirts endorsing candidates at polling places)
• League of Young Voters, et al. v. Port Authority of Allegheny County, et al. (Port Authority refuses to run bus ads)