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May 3, 2016

Gratteri v. County of Armstrong

First Amendment Rights
Status: Open

The ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit on May 3, 2016, on behalf of Michael Gratteri, who was arrested and jailed after he posted a video on Facebook of his interaction with a Ford City police...

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Apr 27, 2016

Pomicter and Last Chance for Animals v. Luzerne County Convention Authority

First Amendment Rights
Status: Open

The ACLU-PA is representing a group of activists, Last Chance for Animals (LCA), who are opposed to the use of animals by the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The circus will be performing...

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Mar 23, 2016

Commonwealth v. Real Property and Improvements Commonly Known as 416 S. 62nd St., Philadelphia, PA, and 1997 Chevrolet and Contents Seized from James Young

Criminal Justice Reform

On March 23, 2016, the ACLU-PA, Community Legal Services, Philadelphia NAACP, Philadelphia Legal Assistance, SeniorLAW Center, and Philadelphia VIP filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Pennsylvania...

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Mar 3, 2016

Margeson v. Scott

First Amendment Rights
Status: Open

In June 2015, Lance Margeson, a resident of Horesheads, NY, was driving through the borough as part of his employment when he was flagged down by a woman. The two got into an argument about an earlier...

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Mar 1, 2016

Name Change Petition for Transgender Teen

TLGBQIA+ Equality
Status: Open

On March 1, 2016, the ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a name change petition on behalf of a Montgomery County transgender seventeen-year-old and his mother, asking the court to change the teen’s first name to “...

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Feb 24, 2016

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Brubaker

First Amendment Rights

Joshuaa Brubaker, part Native American by birth, spray-painted "A.I.M." on an American Flag to express his distress over a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision. Brubaker claimed that by displaying "A.I.M.,"...

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