3rd Circuit Affirms Refusal To Enjoin Philadelphia Parade Moratorium

Mealey's (April 7, 2022, 2:24 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A panel of the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 23 affirmed a Pennsylvania federal court’s refusal to grant a preliminary injunction against Philadelphia Mayor James Kenney and the city’s managing director to prevent them from enforcing restrictions on public gatherings designed to minimize the spread of COVID-19 or otherwise interfering with the First Amendment rights of the parade group, concluding that the veterans’ memorial society that brought the action failed to demonstrate irreparable injury absent the injunction....