Monday, October 30, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Files U.S. Supreme Court Amicus Brief Supporting Same-Sex Couple Denied Public Accommodations in Masterpiece Cakeshop Case Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an amicus brief opposing LGBTQ discrimination in public accommodations. In Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the U.S. Supreme […]
Friday, March 8, 2019 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. This term, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek, two cases considering limits on partisan gerrymandering. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today filed an amicus curiae brief in each case, urging the Supreme Court to recognize the claim of […]
Monday, April 1, 2019 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and law firm Goodwin Procter LLP today filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm a lower court ruling in Department of Commerce v. New York, which rejected the U.S. Department of Commerce’s deceptive attempt to add a citizenship status question to the 2020 […]
Thursday, December 27, 2018 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an amicus brief condemning the discriminatory removal of African American jurors by the District Attorney in Mississippi’s 5th Judicial District. The LDF brief details the long history of racial discrimination in Mississippi and its 5th Judicial District—from the denial of African Americans’ right to […]
Friday, September 29, 2017 | news
LDF Files Requests Related to Conditions at Texas Prisons and Detention Facilities Following Hurricane Harvey Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent Texas Public Information Act Requests to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department, the Jefferson County Community Supervision and Corrections Department, the […]
Thursday, April 5, 2018 | news
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously ruled that an employer rescinding a job offer to a qualified Black woman solely because she wore her hair in dreadlocks (“locs”) does not violate federal civil rights law, according to a petition filed by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) in the U.S. Supreme Court. LDF […]
Friday, May 18, 2018 | news
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals defied established Supreme Court precedent by holding that officers were entitled to summary judgment, relieving them from facing trial on a claim of excessive force after tasing to death an unarmed Black man who was on the ground and being handcuffed, according to a petition filed today by the NAACP Legal […]
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 | case-update
On Wednesday, October 6th, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that federal law does not prevent states from applying ordinary legal principles to invalidate contracts that ban consumers and employees from pursuing class actions. If the Court prevents courts from reviewing class-action bans […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | news
LDF Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief Against Trump Administration’s Discriminatory Muslim Ban Government’s Reliance on Unsubstantiated Concerns Regarding National Security Echoes Dark Chapters of American History Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Court in Trump v. Hawaii opposing the Administration’s Presidential Proclamation banning large numbers of immigrants from […]
Wednesday, May 16, 2018 | news
Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice challenging a partially denied Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Justice Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office). LDF’s FOIA request asked for all documents, data, and other […]
