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J. Marston grants in part the city of Reading’s motion for summary judgment against the city’s former human resources director’s retaliation claims against the mayor, Eddie Moran, and his former special assistant, who she says sexually harassed her. The city has shown that it fired the director as the result of an outside investigation over numerous allegations of misconduct, not because of her protected activity reporting the harassment.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Marston, Filed On: April 5, 2024, Case #: 5:23cv1224, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Employment Retaliation
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J. Marston denies a Township’s motion to dismiss in this matter concerning a resolution. The Pennsylvania State Lodge Fraternal Order of Police and Springfield Township Police Benevolent Association (PBA) use the Thin Blue Line American Flag as part of their organizational activities to show support for law enforcement, with the PBA having incorporated it into its logo. But the Township believes it is viewed negatively by many groups and communities and is divisive as it symbolizes police brutality and racial animosity; as such, the Springfield Township Board of Commissioners passed Resolution 1592 which works to eliminate the display of the Thin Blue Line American Flag Symbol by any Township employee, agent or consultant while on duty, when representing the Township or on any Township owned property. The PBA claims the resolution violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, and specifically, section three prohibiting the display and affixation of the symbol on Township-owned property negatively impacts the organization, as it would prohibit them from displaying its logo during gatherings and fundraising events held in places such as public parks, which they have done in the past and wish to do in the future. The instant court finds the organizations have legal standing.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Marston, Filed On: June 27, 2023, Case #: 2:23-cv-332, NOS: Constitutionality of State Statutes - Other Suits, Categories: Constitution, Municipal Law