Monday, November 6, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Files Response to Alabama’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Alabama Photo Voter ID Law Case The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has filed a response to Alabama’s motion for summary judgment in Greater Birmingham Ministries v. Merrill—the State’s latest attempt to dismiss LDF’s challenge […]
Monday, August 26, 2024 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), along with co-counsel Shania King, filed a petition in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, calling for a rehearing of a case where a correction official was granted qualified immunity following an invasive and retaliatory strip search of Clarissa Gilmore during her visit to a […]
Tuesday, July 24, 2018 | news
Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign LDF Files Records Request for Information on Man’s Attack of Black Middle School Student in Berkeley, California In March, a white motorist allegedly assaulted a 12-year-old Black middle school student while attempting to execute a citizen’s arrest in Berkeley, California. According to the Berkeley Police Department (BPD), the motorist misinterpreted horseplay […]
Monday, March 8, 2021 | news
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 participation in a data-sharing agreement and predictive policing program with the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. Relying, in part, on students’ […]
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a public records request with Barbers Hill Independent School District (BHISD) Superintendent Greg Poole on behalf of Mr. De’Andre Arnold and his family. This request, which is being made pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, seeks records that will provide more information on […]
Monday, August 10, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a petition for rehearing en banc in its lawsuit challenging Alabama’s racially discriminatory photo ID law. In a split decision last month, a panel of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals declined to reverse a district court opinion that granted summary judgment to the […]
Monday, October 2, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Files Partial Summary Judgment Motion Opposing Alabama Voter ID Law The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has filed a motion for partial summary judgment in Greater Birmingham Ministries v. Merrill—a challenge to Alabama’s voter ID law, House Bill 19 (H.B. 19). The LDF brief […]
Friday, December 1, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Files Open Records Request Concerning Tulsa Police Department The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today filed an open records request to gather information on the Tulsa Police Department (TPD). The ACLU of Oklahoma joined LDF in this inquiry regarding all aspects of the TPD’s practices, […]
Monday, August 29, 2016 | news
Gardendale Practice Part of Troubling Trend of Reinstating Racially Segregated Education The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an objection in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in Stout v. Jefferson, opposing the Gardendale City School Board’s efforts to stymie the desegregation of Jefferson County schools. The […]
Friday, January 12, 2018 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Files Notice of Appeal in Alabama Photo ID Case The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a notice of appeal today in the lawsuit challenging Alabama’s racially discriminatory photo ID law. On January 10, U.S. District Court Judge L. Scott Coogler issued a ruling dismissing LDF’s lawsuit […]
