Monday, October 18, 2010 | case-update
LDF represents a number of notable civil rights leaders in our filing of a friend-of-the-court brief on John Hithon’s behalf in Hithon v. Tyson Foods, Inc., an employment discrimination case where an African-American worker was passed over for promotion and was often called “boy” by his superiors. These leaders include the Hon. U.W. Clemon, Alabama’s first […]
Thursday, November 5, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), along with Cleveland-based civil rights attorney James Hardiman, filed a cert petition with the United States Supreme Court in Howse v. Hodous. The plaintiff, Shase Howse, was accosted and arrested on his front porch by a plainclothes officer. He was tackled, punched in the neck, […]
Friday, April 29, 2005 | case-update
On April 29, 2005, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a motion for summary judgment in the Eastern District of New York on behalf of African-American and Hispanic settlement beneficiaries in United States v. New York City Board of Education. LDF is seeking a ruling that protects its clients from being […]
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 | news
Alabama case threatens to have ‘heart’ of VRA declared unconstitutional (New York) – Yesterday the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a brief in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, a case challenging the constitutionality of two core provisions of the Voting Rights Act. The law requires jurisdictions with a history of […]
Friday, August 19, 2011 | case-update
Yesterday, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), in conjunction with other civil rights organizations, filed a brief in Little v. LATFOR, in defense of New York’s law ending prison-based gerrymandering. The Plaintiffs in this case seek to return prison-based gerrymandering to New York. LDF’s brief asks the court to deny the Plaintiffs’ motion for summary […]
Thursday, March 2, 2017 | news
Brief Documents Ugly History of Segregation in Public Accommodations Today, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of the United States in support of a high school student named G.G., who seeks to be treated equally under the law and allowed to use the school restroom that comports […]
Monday, October 24, 2022 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed a brief on behalf of Ronald Chisom, Marie Bookman, and the Urban League of Louisiana supporting a 1992 consent decree in the landmark Chisom litigation meant to ensure Black voters in Louisiana have an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice to the state Supreme Court. The […]
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 | case-update
On Tuesday, March 1, LDF filed a friend-of-court brief in the Supreme Court of the United States supporting the plaintiffs in a historic, nationwide, sex-discrimination lawsuit filed against Wal-Mart Stores, Dukes v. Wal-Mart. In its brief, LDF asserted the negative consequences of accepting Wal-Mart’s position, which imposes heightened hurdles for victims of discrimination to clear before they can […]
Saturday, January 5, 2013 | case-update
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, in Shelby County v. Holder. The case involves a challenge by Shelby County, Alabama, to the Section 5 “preclearance” provision of the Voting Rights Act, which requires states and jurisdictions with some of the worst histories of voting […]
Friday, January 25, 2013 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, in Shelby County v. Holder. The case involves a challenge by Shelby County, Alabama, to the Section 5 “preclearance” provision of the Voting Rights Act, which requires states and jurisdictions with some of the worst histories of […]
