Rosemont Taxicab Co. v. Phila. Parking Auth.

Padova, District Judge.

The Philadelphia Parking Authority ("PPA") through its Taxi and Limousine Division ("TLD") routinely seizes without a warrant vehicles that are suspected of being used as taxicabs that do not have a PPA inspection sticker. Plaintiffs Rosemont Taxicab Co., Inc. ("Rosemont") and Germantown Cab Company ("GCC") filed this lawsuit alleging that the PPA's practice violates their rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution and parallel provisions of the Pennsylvania Constitution (Counts I and II). They also seek declaratory relief that a…