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Harrisburg attorney Rolf Kroll secured dismissal of Fourth Amendment and related constitutional claims in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, persuading the court that the plaintiff’s arrest, handcuffing, and processing did not constitute a compensable seizure and that allegations of municipal witness tampering failed to state a viable constitutional violation.

Harrisburg attorney Rolf Kroll secured judgment in the Middle District of Pennsylvania on behalf of a police officer and township, defeating claims for false arrest, malicious prosecution, selective enforcement, municipal liability, and retaliation after the court found the alleged liberty restrictions did not amount to a Fourth Amendment seizure and that the constitutional claims against the municipality were legally insufficient.

Partner Rolf Kroll secured dismissal of all federal and state claims against a police department arising from a 12-mile high-speed pursuit, with the court rejecting Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment “state-created danger” theories, finding the officers’ split-second decisions did not shock the conscience, and holding the defendants immune under the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act.

Harrisburg partner Rolf Kroll secured dismissal of federal constitutional claims challenging a municipal burning ordinance, with the court upholding the content-neutral regulation against a First Amendment attack arising from a political flag-burning protest outside a courthouse.

Harrisburg attorney Rolf Kroll secured an affirmance from the Third Circuit in favor of his municipal client, with the court upholding summary judgment and finding that the denial of a zoning exception for a proposed adult entertainment facility did not constitute an unconstitutional prior restraint under the First Amendment.