CHOSEN 300 MINISTRIES, INC v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

Civil Action No. 12-3159.

CHOSEN 300 MINISTRIES, INC. et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA and MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER, individually and as the Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

August 9, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CHOSEN 300 MINISTRIES, INC., Plaintiff, represented by PAUL M. MESSING , KAIRYS RUDOVSKY MESSING & FEINBERG LLP, DAVID RUDOVSKY , KAIRYS RUDOVSKY MESSING & FEINBERG LLP & MARY CATHERINE ROPER , ACLU OF PA.

REVEREND BRIAN JENKINS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CHOSEN 300 MINISTRIES, Plaintiff, represented by PAUL M. MESSING , KAIRYS RUDOVSKY MESSING & FEINBERG LLP & MARY CATHERINE ROPER , ACLU OF PA.

THE WELCOME CHURCH, Plaintiff, represented by PAUL M. MESSING , KAIRYS RUDOVSKY MESSING & FEINBERG LLP & MARY CATHERINE ROPER , ACLU OF PA.

REVEREND VIOLET LITTLE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PASTOR OF THE WELCOME CHURCH, Plaintiff, represented by PAUL M. MESSING , KAIRYS RUDOVSKY MESSING & FEINBERG LLP & MARY CATHERINE ROPER , ACLU OF PA.

THE KING'S JUBILEE, Plaintiff, represented by PAUL M. MESSING , KAIRYS RUDOVSKY MESSING & FEINBERG LLP & MARY CATHERINE ROPER , ACLU OF PA.

REVEREND CRANFORD COULTER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PASTOR OF THE KING'S JUBILEE, Plaintiff, represented by PAUL M. MESSING , KAIRYS RUDOVSKY MESSING & FEINBERG LLP & MARY CATHERINE ROPER , ACLU OF PA.

PHILLY RESTART, Plaintiff, represented by PAUL M. MESSING , KAIRYS RUDOVSKY MESSING & FEINBERG LLP & MARY CATHERINE ROPER , ACLU OF PA.

ADAM BRUCKNER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS DIRECTOR OF PHILLY RESTART, Plaintiff, represented by PAUL M. MESSING , KAIRYS RUDOVSKY MESSING & FEINBERG LLP & MARY CATHERINE ROPER , ACLU OF PA.

CITY OF PHILADEPHIA, Defendant, represented by AMANDA C SHOFFEL , CITY OF PHILADELPHIA LAW DEPARTMENT & JANE LOVITCH ISTVAN , CITY OF PHILA.

MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Defendant, represented by AMANDA C SHOFFEL , CITY OF PHILADELPHIA LAW DEPARTMENT & JANE LOVITCH ISTVAN , CITY OF PHILA.


Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law

WILLIAM YOHN, Jr., District Judge.

Plaintiffs, churches and their leaders, seek a preliminary injunction barring defendants, the City of Philadelphia (the "City") and Mayor Michael Nutter ("Mayor Nutter"), from enforcing the Department of Parks and Recreation Regulation Regarding Outdoor Public Serving of Food ("section 110" or "the ban"), which, with exceptions, bans the distribution of food free of charge to three...

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