Tuesday, March 20, 2012 | case-update
Yesterday, the Texas League of Young Voters Education Fund and Black college students at Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern universities filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit to prevent the implementation of a discriminatory photo ID law, and defend the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act.
Friday, March 30, 2012 | news
Columbia, South Carolina—Today, the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and individual Black college students moved to join a lawsuit to prevent the implementation of South Carolina’s discriminatory voting law. In the lawsuit, South Carolina v. Holder, South Carolina asks a federal court in Washington, D.C. to approve, under the Section 5 preclearance provision of the […]
Thursday, September 8, 2011 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund has extended its help to Black Florida voters seeking to defeat a proposed law that allegedly discriminates against African-Americans. The LDF filed a motion Tuesday seeking to intervene in a lawsuit on behalf of the Florida State Conference of the NAACP and African-American voters to prevent Florida from implementing a […]
Thursday, July 16, 2020 | news
This week, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a petition for rehearing en banc in a significant voting rights case that challenged how judges are elected in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. The petition was filed in response to a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ reversal of a trial […]
Thursday, March 28, 2024 | news
Last week, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and co-counsel Quinn, Connor, Weaver, Davis, & Rouco LLP filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in Braxton et al., v. Stokes et al., a federal lawsuit challenging racially discriminatory voting and electoral practices in Newbern, Alabama. The motion asks the United States District Court for the Southern […]
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 | news
On Monday, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) submitted a letter to Judge Maura McShane, the Presiding Judge of the 21st Judicial Circuit in Missouri, requesting that the court conduct an appropriate and thorough investigation of the grand jury proceedings that resulted in the non-indictment of former Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson. The letter […]
Monday, March 22, 2021 | news
Today, a federal district court in Louisiana began hearing witness testimony and evidence in Thomas v. School Board of St. Martin Parish, a school desegregation case. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and co-counsel Gideon Garter of Baton Rouge represent Black students in this class action. While the school board seeks to […]
Tuesday, January 10, 2023 | news
On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in Getzen v. Long, affirming the District Court’s denial of qualified immunity and permitting David Getzen’s civil rights claims to proceed to trial. The Legal Defense Fund (LDF), working with Rights Behind Bars, represented Mr. Getzen, who was twice electrocuted and […]
Tuesday, July 15, 2025 | news
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision en banc in Gilmore v. Georgia Department of Corrections, reversing a judgment of qualified immunity and allowing plaintiff Clarissa Gilmore’s claims to go to trial. The Legal Defense Fund (LDF), along with co-counsel Shania King, represented Ms. Gilmore, who endured an invasive and retaliatory strip search by […]
Friday, March 5, 2021 | news
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a decision in Vette v. Sanders, affirming the denial of qualified immunity and permitting Eric Tyler Vette’s civil rights claims to proceed. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational and Fund, Inc. (LDF), working with Rights Behind Bars, represented Mr. Vette, who was assaulted by […]
