A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that the mayor of Philadelphia discriminated against Italian Americans in renaming the city's Columbus Day holiday to Indigenous Peoples' Day.
A U.S. District judge ruled a year ago that the plaintiffs, a council member and three Italian American heritage groups, hadn't been harmed by Mayor Jim Kenney's executive order, and therefore none of them had standing to sue over the issue.
As it stands, "Irish American city employees who wish to celebrate St. Patrick must take a personal day," and the city doesn't close for Yom Kippur or give time off for the Lunar New Year, the court said. Attorney George Bochetto, who filed the lawsuit, told The Philadelphia Inquirer in an email Friday evening that the plaintiffs are disappointed but he has "every intention" of appealing the matter to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Bochetto's lawsuit on the holiday argued there was a pattern of the city targeting Italian Americans, citing attempts to cover and remove a Columbus statue in south Philadelphia and removal of a statue of ex-mayor and police commissioner Frank Rizzo at the municipal services building near City Hall after it became a target for protests.
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