ACLU-PA Sues U. of Pittsburgh Over Student Group Suspension
The ACLU of Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit against the University of Pittsburgh over the school's suspension of its Students for Justice in Palestine chapter in apparent retaliation for criticisms that the group made of the university.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit on November 19, 2013, on behalf of Dennis Henderson, an African-American teacher who was arrested and jailed for 12 hours after...
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Aug 20, 2013
Ankney v. Allegheny Intermediate Unit
TLGBQIA+ Equality
Status: Closed
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the Women’s Law Project filed a lawsuit on August 20, 2013, in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on behalf of Bradley Ankney, a math teacher...
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Jul 9, 2013
Whitewood, et al. v. Wolf, et al.
TLGBQIA+ Equality
Status: Closed
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, the American Civil Liberties Union, and volunteer counsel from the law firm of Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, and University of...
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Jun 5, 2013
Loeb v. Police Officer George J. Gaspar, Jr.
First Amendment Rights
Status: Closed
The ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit on June 5, 2013, on behalf of Coulter Loeb, then a photojournalism student at the University of Cincinnati, who was arrested and held for an hour for...
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Jun 5, 2013
Fleck v. Police Officer Alex Nicholson, et ano
First Amendment Rights
Status: Closed
The ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit on June 5, 2013, on behalf of Alexine Fleck, a professor at the Community College of Philadelphia who was arrested and handcuffed for three hours for...