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 […]
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 | news
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Files Brief in Support of Older Worker Seeking Supreme Court Review of his Employment Discrimination Suit Today, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of the United States in Villarreal v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Co. LDF’s brief was filed in support of Richard M. Villarreal, […]
Friday, June 28, 2024 | news
On June 12, 2024, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed a brief in its ongoing St. John the Baptist Parish school desegregation case in Louisiana seeking to close Fifth Ward Elementary and relocate its students to more environmentally safer facilities at La Place Elementary School. Fifth Ward Elementary is a school in St. John the […]
Tuesday, August 16, 2022 | news
Yesterday, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) submitted an appellate brief on behalf of Germaine Smart, who alleges that he was sexually assaulted in an Alabama State Prison in 2017 by a St. Clair Correctional Facility officer. In response to the assault, Mr. Smart filed a sexual misconduct grievance with the prison. However, despite two witnesses supporting Mr. Smart’s […]
