Legal Opinion
Fross v. County of Allegheny
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 20, 2009No. Civil Action 08-1405PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GARY L. LANCASTER, District Judge.
This is a civil rights action challenging an Allegheny County of Pennsylvania ordinance that restricts the residency of registered sex offenders. Plaintiffs, a group of convicted sex offenders whose residency has been affected by the ordinance, allege that the ordinance violates various constitutional guarantees, the Fair Housing Act, and state law. Plaintiffs seek an order enjoining enforcement of the ordinance, as well as costs and attorneys’ fees.
The County agreed not to enforce the ordinance until this matter was resolved. 1 Thereafter,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Smith v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Commonwealth v. GogginsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. BuffettaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
- City of Philadelphia v. SchweikerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Fross v. County of AlleghenySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Fross v. County of AlleghenyDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2012
- Ryals v. City of EnglewoodDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 2013
- Stephen Brett Ryals v. City of Englewood.Supreme Court of Colorado · 2016
- Ryals v. City of EnglewoodSupreme Court of Colorado · 2016
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