Dowling v. City of Philadelphia

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 1988-08-26

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OPINION OF THE COURT SLOVITER, Circuit Judge. Patricia Dowling was arrested by Philadelphia police officers and charged with defiant trespass and criminal conspiracy while she was protesting outside of an abortion clinic in Northeast Philadelphia. After the Philadelphia Municipal Court sustained a demurrer to the criminal charges. Dowling brought a civil rights action against the abortion clinic, its pare…

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