TRAVELERS SOCIAL CLUB v. CITY OF PITTSBURGH

Civ. A. No. 88-541.

685 F.Supp. 929 (1988)

The TRAVELERS SOCIAL CLUB, Robert Johns, David Casinelli, Dean Ferrell and Walter M. Nelson, Jr., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF PITTSBURGH; Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement; Ronald M. Sharpe, Chief, Pittsburgh Police, Department; Kevin Mellott, Assistant Fire Chief for the City of Pittsburgh; Sam Cagney; Anthony Hildebrand; Victor Joseph; Robert Pires; Benjamin Sledge; Unknown Officers of the City of Pittsburgh Police Department; and Unknown Officers of the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

May 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Rosenfield, Jon Pushinsky, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.

George Spector, Pittsburgh, Pa., for the City of Pittsburgh.

Bryan Campbell, Pittsburgh, Pa., for the Pittsburgh Police Dept.

Kenneth J. Benson, Deputy Atty. Gen., Pittsburgh, Pa., for the State.


OPINION

DIAMOND, District Judge.

This is an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 brought by The Travelers Social Club, a private non-profit club which possesses a liquor license and whose members are almost exclusively gay men and lesbians ("Club"); Robert Johns, the Club's steward; and three Club members, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against various state and city law enforcement agencies as well as individuals associated with those agencies...

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