Lozano et al. v. City of Hazleton

Federal Court Strikes Down Discriminatory Anti-Immigrant Law in Hazleton, Pennsylvania
(Link is to ACLU of Pennsylvania website).  "In the first trial decision of its kind, a federal court has declared unconstitutional a local ordinance that sought to punish landlords and employers for doing business with undocumented immigrants." (7/26/07)

Decision in Lozano v. City of Hazleton, No. 3:06cv1586 (M.D. Pa. July 26, 2007).

Appeal (by City of Hazleton) to Third Circuit Court of Appeals    

• Hazleton, PA, Anti-Immigrant Law Is Unconstitutional, Federal Appeals Court Rules
  (ACLU, 9/9/10; this link will take you to the ACLU website.)    

• Decision of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Lozano v. City of Hazleton
  (9/9/10; this link will take you to the ACLU website.)    

• Brief of the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity at University of California, Berkeley Law School as Amicus Curiae in Support of the Plaintiffs-Appellees, Supporting Affirmance
  SUMMARY: "[R]esearch shows that notions of illegality are strongly correlated with a specific racial profile and that this phenomenon is exacerbated within communities, like Hazleton, which have experienced rapid demographic change with the arrival of Latinos. This backlash . . . has resulted in increased alienation [among] U.S.-born and naturalized Latinos. Documented harms . . . include a lack of trust in government entities and a potential increase in hate crimes. . . . [O]rdinances such as Hazleton’s fuel racial divisions and create barriers to integration for a large segment of the population. As such, they are not only unlawful but bad public policy." (4/08, PDF)