Lindsay v. City of Philadelphia

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge.

The issue before me is whether defendant City of Philadelphia is entitled to summary judgment on the plaintiffs’ claims that a recently implemented City ordinance limiting sidewalk vending in Center City Philadelphia violated their rights under the Fourteenth Amendment and Article I of the Ünited States Constitution. I will grant summary judgment on the due process and impairment of contracts claims because the plaintiffs have not shown that they hold either a protected property interest or a contractual right in their customary vending…