Rittenhouse Entertainment, Inc. et al v. City of Wilkes-Barre et al

Filing 239

ORDER (memorandum filed previously as separate docket entry) re: Summary Judgment. See order for further details. Signed by Honorable Jennifer P. Wilson on 5/7/2021. (ve)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
RITTENHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT, :
INC., et al.,
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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:
CITY OF WILKES-BARRE, et al.,
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Defendants.

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Civil No. 3:11-CV-00617

Judge Jennifer P. Wilson

ORDER
AND NOW, on this 7th day of May, 2021, for the reasons stated in the
accompanying memorandum, IT IS ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:
1. All individual Defendants are granted summary judgment as to Counts I, II,
and III of the amended complaint on the basis of qualified immunity.
2. Defendants Murphy, Thomas, Kane, Barrett, Cronauer, Merritt, and Frati are
granted summary judgment as to Count V.
3. This case shall proceed as to Counts I, II, and III against Defendants WilkesBarre and King’s College and as to the tortious interference claim in Count
V against Defendants Leighton, Dessoye, O’Hara, and McGonigle.
4. Defendants Murphy, Thomas, Kane, Barrett, Cronauer, Merritt, and Frati,
and Plaintiffs G Net Comm. Co. Inc. and Phoenix Estates are DISMISSED
from this case.

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5. A status conference is scheduled for June 7, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. The
conference will be by telephone. Counsel for Plaintiff shall initiate the call
by calling chambers at [phone] after all parties are on the line.
s/Jennifer P. Wilson
JENNIFER P. WILSON
United States District Court Judge
Middle District of Pennsylvania

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