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LDF Files Amicus Brief In Stop-and-Frisk Case

Earlier this week, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Bronx Defenders, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Legal Aid Society, and New York Civil Liberties Union filed an amicus brief in the ...

LDF and the Impact Fund File Amicus Brief Clarifying Class Action Typicality Standard in Case Involving False Information in Credit Reports

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Impact Fund filed an amicus brief on behalf of 24 organizations in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, a case before the U.S. Supreme Court ...

LDF Issues Statement on the Confirmation of Rep. Marcia Fudge as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Today, the United States Senate voted to confirm Rep. Marcia Fudge as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), ...

LDF Issues Statement on Vote to Confirm Merrick Garland as Attorney General

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Today, the United States Senate voted to confirm Judge Merrick Garland as Attorney General of the United States. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued ...

LDF and 11 Local Organizations Urge Pinellas County School Board to Adopt Common-Sense Revisions to its Proposed Agreement with 13 Local Law Enforcement Agencies

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined a coalition of 11 local organizations and the former mayor of Tarpon Springs, Florida, David O. Archie, in a letter to the Pinellas County ...

LDF Adds New Allegations in Lawsuit Challenging Barbers Hill Independent School District’s Discriminatory Hair Policy and Sends Letter to District Regarding Recent Racist Incidents

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and pro bono co-counsel Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (Akin Gump) filed an amended complaint adding new facts to support claims of racial ...

LDF Files Public Records Request Regarding Pasco County School District’s Involvement in Predictive Policing Program

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a public records request with the Pasco County (FL) school district seeking records, pursuant to Florida Public Records Law, about the district’s involvement and ...