Pennsylvania
Black Political Empowerment Project v. Schmidt
A statewide coalition of nonpartisan community organizations sued Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt and election officials in Philadelphia and Allegheny County state court, demanding an end to the disqualification of mail-in ballots for inconsequential date errors. This practice violates the fundamental right to vote in free and equal elections guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Constitution.
Status: Ongoing
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25 Pennsylvania Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2012
George v. TSA
Nick George was on his way to start his senior year at California鈥檚 Pomona College in August 2009 when he was detained, aggressively interrogated, handcuffed, and locked in a jail cell for nearly five hours at the Philadelphia International Airport because he was carrying a set of English-Arabic flashcards in for his college language class, as well as a book critical of U.S. foreign policy.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Privacy & Technology
George v. TSA
Nick George was on his way to start his senior year at California鈥檚 Pomona College in August 2009 when he was detained, aggressively interrogated, handcuffed, and locked in a jail cell for nearly five hours at the Philadelphia International Airport because he was carrying a set of English-Arabic flashcards in for his college language class, as well as a book critical of U.S. foreign policy.
Oct 2012
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Pennsylvania
Aug 2011
Wiessmann v. State College Area School District - (PA Domestic Partner Benefits)
Challenge to public school policy that grants health care benefits to domestic partners of employees only if the partners are not of the same sex.
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Pennsylvania
LGBTQ Rights
Wiessmann v. State College Area School District - (PA Domestic Partner Benefits)
Challenge to public school policy that grants health care benefits to domestic partners of employees only if the partners are not of the same sex.
Aug 2011
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2011
Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri
Whether the First Amendment's guarantee of a right to petition the government for redress of grievances protects a public employee against retaliation for bringing an employment-related lawsuit against his public employer.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Free Speech
Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri
Whether the First Amendment's guarantee of a right to petition the government for redress of grievances protects a public employee against retaliation for bringing an employment-related lawsuit against his public employer.
Jan 2011
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Pennsylvania
Smart Justice
Immigrants' Rights
Alli et al v. Decker
Mar 2010
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