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Philadelphia residents of Italian descent want Columbus Day back.
Several Italian-American groups, assisted by a member of the city council, sued the city's mayor, Jim Kenney, who renamed the holiday Indigenous Peoples Day.
In Tuesday's complaint, plaintiffs admit that both groups deserve credit.
Mayor Kenney could not simply discriminate in favor of another ethnic group of Italian-born Americans, according to a report in the newspaper "The Philadelphia Inquirer".
Kenney explained the reason for the renaming that the story of Christopher Columbus was very complicated.
The discoverer has enslaved indigenous people and is responsible for violence up to and including murder.
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Plaintiffs, including Councilor Mark Squilla, said Kenney had once again disparaged citizens with Italian roots with his order to rename the holiday in October.
These citizens should therefore be classified as a protected group.
Other cities have also renamed Columbus Day
Plaintiffs cited efforts to remove a statue of Christopher Columbus south of the city and the removal of a statue of former mayor Frank Rizzo near the town hall.
After the Rizzo statue was removed, protesters gathered around the statue of Columbus to defend it.
There were clashes with activists until the city finally covered the statue and announced that it would dismantle it.
Philadelphia isn't the first city to rename Columbus Day and instead honor the indigenous people.
Los Angeles, Denver and Austin, among others, made the same decision.