Summary: Challenge to City of Philadelphia's law requiring reporting of "lost or stolen" firearms
Plaintiff: City of Philadelphia, PA
Defendant: Rashad Armstrong
Litigation Counsel: Joshua Prince, Chief Counsel of Civil Rights Defense Firm, P.C.; FPC Director of Legal Strategy Adam Kraut
Docket: Court of Common Pleas case no. 191004036, Commonwealth Court case no. 1204 CD 2020, Pennsylvania Supreme Court case no. 81 EAL 2022
Key Events & Filings
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
- 2022-3-30: Answer to Petition for Allowance of Appeal
- 2022-3-16: Petition for Allowance of Appeal
Commonwealth Court
- 2022-3-2: Appellee’s Answer to Appellant’s Application for Reasonable Attorney’s Fees
- 2022-2-16: Appellant’s Application for Reasonable Attorney’s Fees; Affidavit of Joshua Prince
- 2022-2-14: Opinion
- 2021-7-14: Appellant's Reply Brief
- 2021-7-9: Appellee's Principal Brief
- 2021-6-9: Appellant's Principal Brief
Court of Common Pleas
- 2020-11-13: Appeal to Commonwealth Court
- 2020-11-12: The motion for permanent injunction, offered by defendant, and any response thereto, it is hereby ordered and decreed that the motion is denied
- 2020-4-22: Continuation of hearing
- 2020-3-9: Defendant's Reply ISO Injunction
- 2020-3-5: Hearing
- 2020-2-7: Proposed Intervenors' Motion to Reassign; Memorandum in Support; Proposed Order
- 2020-2-7: Proposed Intervenors' Answer to Defendant's Preliminary Objections
- 2020-1-26: Preliminary Objections to Petition to Intervene and Exhibit 1; Brief in Support of Preliminary Objections; Proposed Order
- 2020-1-9: Order re Hearing, Stipulated Injunction, and Stay of Briefing
- 2019-12-24: Filed Stipulation re Injunction of Enforcement and Stay of Answer
- 2019-12-16: Motion for Injunction; Brief in Support of Motion; Exhibits to Brief in Support
- 2019-12-9: Preliminary Objections and Exhibits; Brief in Support of Preliminary Objections
Related News Releases:
- 2022-2-15: FPC Victory: PA Appellate Court Rules Philadelphia “Lost or Stolen” Ordinance is Unlawful
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