AUGUSTIN v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

No. 17-1216.

897 F.3d 142 (2018)

Lea AUGUSTIN; Gerard Augustin; Thomas McSorley; Donna McSorley; Richmond Waterfront Industrial Park, LLC v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

(Filed: July 18, 2018)


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig R. Gottlieb [Argued], City of Philadelphia Law Department, 1515 Arch Street, 17th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19102, John C. Connell , Archer & Greiner, One Centennial Square, 33 East Euclid Avenue, Haddonfield, NJ 08033, Jeffrey M. Scott , Archer & Greiner, Three Logan Square, 1717 Arch Street, Suite 3500, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Counsel for Appellant.

Irv Ackelsberg [Argued], Edward Diver , John J. Grogan , Peter E. Leckman , Langer Grogan & Diver, The Bell Atlantic Tower, 1717 Arch Street, Suite 4130, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Seth F. Kreimer , University of Pennsylvania School of Law, 3400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Counsel for Appellees.

Before: SMITH, Chief Judge, HARDIMAN, Circuit Judge, and BRANN, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

This case involves a group of landlords who object to the system of liens used by the City of Philadelphia to collect unpaid gas bills. The District Court certified a class and held that the City had violated the landlords' rights under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The...

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