Puricelli v. Borough of Morrisville

MEMORANDUM

ANITA BRODY, District Judge.

In these motions for summary judgment on plaintiffs Section 1983 claims for viola tions of his civil rights, I am being called upon to decide:

1. Whether, in an action sounding in defamation, the long established precedent that injury to reputation alone is not actionable as a violation of the United States Constitution is abrogated by a provision of the Pennsylvania state constitution identifying reputation as a constitutionally protected interest? I find that it is not.

2. Whether there is any constitutionally protected privacy interest which defendants…