Legal Opinion
Information Management Services, Inc. v. Borough of Pleasant Hills
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 23, 1981No. Civ. A. 80-1613PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TEITELBAUM, District Judge.
The matter sub judice represents another in the nationwide series of challenges to “drug paraphernalia” legislation. The instant case challenges a municipal ordinance, Ordinance No. 571 (hereinafter sometimes Ordinance), enacted on October 15, 1980 by the Borough of Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania 1 . This litigation was begun by the plaintiff as the operator of a novelty store in Pleasant Hills on November 7,1980. The jurisdiction of this Court was invoked under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343(3) and (4) for violation of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Eisenstadt v. BairdSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Carey v. Population Services InternationalSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- High Ol' Times, Inc. v. George Busbee, Governor of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by2 opinions
- People v. ChastainSupreme Court of Colorado · 1987
- Franza v. CareyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1981