KALMAN v. CORTES

Civil Action No. 09-684.

646 F.Supp.2d 738 (2009)

George KALMAN v. Pedro A. CORTES, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

July 28, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Lee, II, Matthew Bleich, Dechert Price Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, for George Kalman.

Barry N. Kramer, Office of General Counsel, Philadelphia, PA, for Pedro A. Cortes.


MEMORANDUM

BAYLSON, District Judge.

Plaintiff has filed a civil rights action challenging the constitutionality of Title 15, Pa. Cons.Stat. § 1303(c)(2)(ii) precluding the use of blasphemy in a corporate name on grounds that it violates the Establishment Clause and the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Plaintiff, who attempted to include the word "hell" in the name of a corporation he was forming, challenges...

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