Tuesday, July 23, 2024 | news
On June 18, 2024, the Legal Defense Fund and its co-counsel Quinn, Connor, Weaver, Davis, & Rouco LLP, on behalf of their clients Newbern Mayor Patrick Braxton and residents James Ballard, Barbara Patrick, Wanda Scott, Janice Quarles and Dorothy Holley reached a settlement in Braxton et al. v. Stokes et al., a federal lawsuit challenging […]
Monday, November 2, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), co-counsel Covington & Burling, LLP and veteran civil rights lawyer, Geraldine Sumter of Ferguson Chambers & Sumter, P.A., filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of marchers and prospective voters in Alamance County who encountered police violence, including pepper spray, on a march to the polls […]
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, November 18, 2025 | news
Update: After this decision, on Dec. 4, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed this injunction, meaning that the unconstitutional Texas map will remain in place for the 2026 elections while the case otherwise proceeds in court via the appellate process. A three-judge federal panel ruled today that Texas’ 2025 redrawn congressional map, which was enacted through […]
Thursday, January 29, 2026 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), along with several civil rights legacy organizations, delivered a letter to Congress urging U.S. Senators to oppose any effort to advance appropriations bills related to the funding of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The unconscionable abuses of DHS oversight and the egregious conduct of DHS’ enforcement operations have […]
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 […]
