WVCDL Litigation
Campbell et al. v. City of Wheeling et al.
On May 11, 2011, WVCDL
joined WVCDL member Keith Owen Campbell and his father,
Larry Campbell, in a lawsuit against the City of Wheeling,
its police chief, and 4 individual Wheeling police
officers, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of West Virginia, challenging numerous violations
of the Campbells' constitutional and civil rights while
Keith Owen Campbell was lawfully and openly carrying his
handgun on December 4, 2010, and the ongoing threat of
further harassment of individuals who choose to open carry
in the City of Wheeling.
- Complaint (PDF) (original
complaint rendered moot by First Amended Complaint)
- Answer (PDF) (original answer rendered moot by First Amended Complaint and Answer to First Amended Complaint)
