Monday, April 1, 2013 | news
New York, NY (March 29, 2013) – U.S. District Court Judge Shira A. Scheindlin declared yesterday that Davis v. City of New York, the lawsuit challenging the NYPD’s stops and arrests of public housing residents and their guests for trespassing in public housing residences can proceed to trial. Judge Scheindlin declared that the plaintiffs provided […]
Thursday, May 26, 2011 | news
CHICAGO – It was a long time in coming and a major blow against discrimination in hiring practices here. The 7th US Court of Appeals ordered the Chicago Fire Department (CFD) to hire 111 African Americans who had passed a qualifying exam to become fire fighters in 1995, but then weren’t considered after the qualifying […]
Thursday, October 1, 2020 | news
Today, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice (Commission) has violated multiple requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), a statute designed to ensure that federal advisory committees are accountable to Congress and the American public. Under the […]
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 | news
The case of Pennsylvania death row prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal took a surprising turn Tuesday when the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously declared his death sentence unconstitutional. It is the second time the court has agreed with a lower court judge who set aside Abu-Jamal’s death sentence after finding jurors were given confusing instructions […]
Thursday, June 24, 2021 | news
Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in favor of Black and other communities of color in Dorce v. City of New York, a lawsuit challenging New York City’s Third Party Transfer (TPT) Program. The case has been remanded back to the district court for further proceedings. In September 2020, the […]
Wednesday, February 17, 2021 | news
Yesterday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court’s denial of a preliminary injunction sought by police, firefighters, and corrections unions to prevent the disclosure of unsubstantiated and non-final claims of misconduct filed against New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers. In August 2020, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), […]
Wednesday, June 23, 2021 | news
On Monday, a federal district court in Louisiana ruled that the St. Martin Parish school board is violating a 2016 desegregation order in Thomas v. School Board of St. Martin Parish. At trial this past March, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and co-counsel Gideon Garter of Baton Rouge, who represent Black […]
Friday, August 10, 2018 | news
Related Case or Issue: Davis v. City of New York Court Orders NYPD to Film All Citizen Encounters with Body Cameras Order Calls for Pilot Program to Study Effectiveness of Filming All Encounters Late yesterday, a federal court ordered the NYPD to begin using body-worn cameras to film all police-citizen investigative encounters – including low level […]
Thursday, July 19, 2018 | news
Related Case or Issue: Davis v. City of New York Court Orders NYPD to Electronically Record All Citizen Encounters Order Calls for Pilot Program to Study Effectiveness of Documenting All Encounters Today, a federal court ordered the NYPD to begin recording all police-citizen investigative encounters – including low level interactions – as part of a pilot […]
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 | case-update
Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Gottschall granted an emergency motion to protect the rights of a class of approximately 6,000 African-American firefighter applicants who recently won a long-pending race discrimination case, Lewis v. City of Chicago. To address a significant mailing error by the City of Chicago, Judge Gottschall extended key deadlines in the process […]
