Seeds of Peace Collective v. City of Pittsburgh

Filing Date: 2009
Case Categories:
Principal Laws:
First Amendment, Fourth Amendment
Description: Action alleging that city interfered with right to assemble during coal conference.
  • Seeds of Peace Collective v. City of Pittsburgh
    Docket number(s): 2:09-cv-01275-GLL
    Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Pa.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    10/12/2012 Stipulation Download Stipulation of dismissal filed after parties agreed to settlement.
    05/26/2010 Memorandum Download Memorandum issued granting in part and denying in part defendants' motion to dismiss. A community group filed a civil rights action against the City of Pittsburgh, alleging that the City violated its members’ constitutional rights by interfering with their ability to freely assemble and demonstrate in September 2009 when the International Coal Conference and the Group of 20 Summit took place in Pittsburgh. The City moved to dismiss. The district court partially denied the motion, holding that the groups’ First Amendment claims had been adequately plead and could proceed to discovery. However, it dismissed the remaining claims.
  • Seeds of Peace Collective v. City of Pittsburgh
    Docket number(s): 10-2765
    Court/Admin Entity: 3d Cir.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    11/29/2011 Opinion Download Opinion issued partially reversing district court.