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A federal judge has dismissed a 2012 lawsuit filed by a pair of Macungie business owners who claimed that the borough and Manager Chris Boehm violated their civil rights and showed a pattern of retribution against them amid a dispute over a controversial mural.. U.S. District Judge Lawrence F. Stengel, in a ruling issued Monday, wrote in a 21-page opinion that Boehm and the borough were entitled to immunity from civil liability in the case brought by Tim and Jacqueline Romig, the owners of Automotive Service Solutions. The Romigs filed the suit against Boehm, the borough and its solicitor, after a costly legal battle over the mural on their Race Street business. The Romigs, in 2008, approached the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce about grant funding to help pay for a mural at Automotive Service Solutions. The project was eventually approved and the Romigs were awarded a $3,426 grant. The Romigs paid an artist nearly $20,000 for the work, but shortly before the work was completed, Boehm issued an enforcement notice, saying that the Romigs did not receive a permit for it. Click here to read the article
A federal judge has dismissed a 2012 lawsuit filed by a pair of Macungie business owners who claimed that the borough and Manager Chris Boehm violated their civil rights and showed a pattern of retribution against them amid a dispute over a controversial mural..
U.S. District Judge Lawrence F. Stengel, in a ruling issued Monday, wrote in a 21-page opinion that Boehm and the borough were entitled to immunity from civil liability in the case brought by Tim and Jacqueline Romig, the owners of Automotive Service Solutions. The Romigs filed the suit against Boehm, the borough and its solicitor, after a costly legal battle over the mural on their Race Street business.
The Romigs, in 2008, approached the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce about grant funding to help pay for a mural at Automotive Service Solutions.
The project was eventually approved and the Romigs were awarded a $3,426 grant. The Romigs paid an artist nearly $20,000 for the work, but shortly before the work was completed, Boehm issued an enforcement notice, saying that the Romigs did not receive a permit for it. Click here to read the article