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Fifth Circuit Rejects Louisiana’s Attempt to Prematurely Appeal Voting Rights Decision

Read a PDF of our statement here.  Fifth Circuit Rejects Louisiana’s Attempt to Prematurely Appeal Voting Rights Decision Today, three judges of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Louisiana Governor and Attorney General’s attempt to delay a remedy process and prematurely appeal the liability decision against them in an important voting rights case […]

Fifth Circuit Refuses to Dismiss Longstanding Desegregation Case in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana

On June 24, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in favor of LDF’s clients, African-American students in the St. Martin Parish school system. The court affirmed a lower court’s ruling denying the motions of the school board of St. Martin Parish, which claimed the long-standing Louisiana school desegregation case […]

Fifth Circuit Reaffirms Black Representation on State’s Highest Court

Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that solidifies the rights of Black voters to have an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice to the Louisiana Supreme Court. The ruling ensures that a longstanding Louisiana Supreme Court seat, which was created as a result of a 1992 consent decree and […]

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Major Voting Rights Win, Rules Against Black Residents of Terrebonne Parish

Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a trial court’s decision on a case challenging how judges are elected in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, ruling against Black residents who sought an opportunity to elect a judge of their choice to the trial court bench. Advocates who represented the residents in Terrebonne Parish Branch NAACP, Et […]

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Partially Upholds Challenge to Louisiana’s Administration of National Voter Registration Act

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Scott, et al. v. Schedler, et al., issued a ruling partially upholding a district court’s ruling after trial that Louisiana violated the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) by failing to properly provide voter registration services to its public assistance clients. Plaintiffs in the case, represented by the NAACP Legal […]

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Delays Hearing to Select New Congressional Map in Louisiana

New Orleans, LA—Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a writ of mandamus to vacate the remedial hearing set for Oct. 3 – 5 in Robinson v. Ardoin, the challenge to Louisiana’s discriminatory congressional map. The District Court hearing to determine the new map is canceled, for now. This procedural writ does not overturn […]

Ferguson v. McDonough

Ferguson V. McDonough Challenging Qualified Immunity On July 9, 2018, Joseph Ferguson was tased by Officer McDonough of the Kenosha Police Department. Officer McDonough tased Mr. Ferguson after trying to arrest Mr. Ferguson for a domestic dispute that occurred in Mr. Ferguson’s apartment where the building manager called the police to report on a disorderly […]

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Federal Trial Concludes in Challenge to Florida Law That Undermines Voting Rights Restoration

Trial Outcome Will Impact the Right to Vote for Hundreds of Thousands of Floridians TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal trial that will impact the right to vote for hundreds of thousands of Floridians concluded today after more than a week of testimony and arguments. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, NAACP Legal Defense […]