REACH COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALISTS, INC. v. WILLIAMS

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA REACH COMMUNICATIONS : SPECIALISTS, INC., : Plaintiff, : : CIVIL ACTION v. : No. 13-2388 : JEWELL WILLIAMS et al., : Defendants. : McHUGH, J. February 13, 2023 MEMORANDUM Nominally, this is an action brought by a corporation against the City of Philadelphia and various officials alleging that its lucrative consulting contract with the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office was unlawfully cancelled because of racial animus. But there is more to this case than first meets the eye. That is because the plaintiff here is a closely…