Legal Opinion
City of Phila. v. Sessions
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 6, 2018No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 17–3894PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBaylson, J.
*294"no place indeed should murder sanctuarize."
Hamlet, Act 4, sc 7, II, 98
"nor sleep nor sanctuary."
Coriolanus, Act 1, sc II, 19-27
"The privilege of sanctuary was as ancient as England itself and developed from a mixture of Hebrew, Greek, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and Christian traditions."
Liberty to Misread: Sanctuary and Possibility in The Comedy of Errors Woodring, Vol. 28, Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities, 319, 320 (2017)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION AND LITIGATION HISTORY SUMMARY...295
II. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS...296
III. FACTS...297
A. Summary of Testimony at Trial...297
1. Brian Abernathy...297
2Cases cited56 opinions
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3Cited by14 opinions
- United States v. State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2019
- City of Philadelphia v. Attorney General United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2019
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- City & Cnty. of S.F. v. SessionsDistrict Court, N.D. California · 2018
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