Tuesday, July 14, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the Abolitionist Law Center, and the law firm of Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin LLP filed a lawsuit on behalf of residents in a predominantly Black neighborhood in West Philadelphia, challenging the Philadelphia Police Department’s (PPD) excessive and unwarranted use of militaristic force during […]
Thursday, February 27, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the NAACP, and Ballard Spahr filed a lawsuit challenging the practice of “prison-based gerrymandering” in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of plaintiffs the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference, Philadelphia NAACP, University of […]
Tuesday, August 25, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational and Fund, Inc. (LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky (ACLU-KY), and the law firm Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP (ECBAWM), filed a request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) on behalf of plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD)’s […]
Sunday, May 7, 2023 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), working with Indian and Environmental Law and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, filed an appeal on behalf of Donald Logsdon, who was ambushed, kicked in the face, and knocked unconscious by U.S. Deputy Marshals in Oklahoma in March 2020. The officers then proceeded to attack Logsdon for over two minutes […]
Tuesday, June 21, 2022 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund and a coalition of civil rights leaders sent a letter asking congressional leaders to consider legislation to curb gun violence, and prioritize culturally affirming solutions that address children’s emotional, health and safety needs in the classroom over punitive policies. The letter also addresses the failure of school-based law enforcement agencies […]
Thursday, September 1, 2016 | news
In a friend of the court brief, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) urged the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to uphold a key lower court decision that ruled that Cranston, Rhode Island’s prison-based gerrymandering redistricting scheme is unconstitutional. LDF is joined on the brief by LatinoJustice PRLDEF […]
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 | news
Yesterday, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice (CHHIRJ) at Harvard Law School filed an amicus brief in the matter of Commonwealth v. Evelyn urging the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to recognize that an individual’s identity as a Black teenage boy affects whether he […]
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc (LDF) sent a letter with the Center for Constitutional Rights urging New York State Legislators to repeal Civil Rights Law 50-a (CRL 50-a), allowing public disclosure of police records relating to officer misconduct. Read our full letter here.
Monday, December 8, 2014 | news
In an op-ed posted in The Root, LDF Deputy Director of Litigation Ryan Haygood, and former NAACP President and CEO Ben Jealous look back on how voter suppression laws influenced the 2014 midterm elections: On Nov. 4, 2014, in Eggleston, Va., a 93-year-old cancer patient named Virginia Whittaker arrived at her designated polling place after a doctor’s appointment. […]
Friday, May 30, 2025 | news
Today, in recognition of Mental Health Awareness month, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and Bazelon Center for Mental Health Lawreleased two toolkits designed to aid advocates and legislators in advancing strategies to prevent police violence and achieve lasting change for Black people with disabilities: “End Police Violence Against Black People With Disabilities With Community-Based Services” […]
