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 […]
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 | news
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in Hardy v. Rabie, affirming the denial of qualified immunity from a previous court decision. The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) represented Ralph Marcus Hardy, a man who was incarcerated within Adams County Detention Facility in Colorado. While in custody, Mr. Hardy fell from the wheelchair he […]
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 […]
Thursday, February 25, 2021 | news
Yesterday, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment on a remaining undue influence claim in an NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) case challenging the creation and composition of the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice (Commission). The court also ordered the defendants […]
Friday, January 29, 2016 | news
On Wednesday, January 27, 2016, the City of Ferguson released a proposed consent decree with the Department of Justice (DOJ) resulting from a “pattern and practice” investigation undertaken by the DOJ in the wake of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager, by Ferguson police officers in 2014. The consent decree, consisting of over […]
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 | news
Legal Defense Fund Boosts Grants in Law Student Scholarship Program “The boost in dollar amount represents “a big leap forward,” said Joon Bang, [LDF] manager for programs. “We recognize that education costs are rising, and we want to make sure our scholars are on the path to pursue racial justice. We want to support the […]
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Returns to Texas Federal Court to Show Strictest Photo ID Law in the Country Was Enacted with the Intent to Discriminate Against Minorities Today, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and co-counsel Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale appeared in a federal district court in Corpus […]
Tuesday, December 5, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Returns to Appellate Court to Protect Wins Against Texas’ Voter ID Laws The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and co-counsel Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (WilmerHale) will appear in a federal appeals court today to protect successful challenges to Texas’ voter ID […]
Monday, July 13, 2020 | news
On Saturday, an Allentown Police Department (APD) officer was filmed kneeling on a man’s neck after attempting to restrain him. According to law enforcement, the man was physically ill and vomiting outside of a hospital emergency room. The video has been widely circulated and is shockingly similar to the killing of George Floyd, where former […]
Thursday, September 3, 2020 | news
Yesterday evening, U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr gave a wide-ranging interview on CNN during which he refused to condemn President Trump’s statements encouraging North Carolina voters to attempt cast two ballots: one by mail and one in-person. Attorney General Barr alleged he did not know specific state laws on voting twice. In the same […]
