Thursday, August 23, 2012 | news
(Washington, D.C.): A three-judge federal district court in Florida v. Holder rejected Florida’s proposal to dramatically reduce its early voting period in five counties, while approving a new voting requirement for registered voters who move between Florida counties and seek to vote in their new county of residence. Because parts of Florida are covered by […]
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 | news
Yesterday, a federal court ruled in favor of the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and its clients in Michigan Welfare Rights Organization, et. al. v. Donald J. Trump, et. al., a lawsuit alleging violations of the Voting Rights Act and another federal civil rights statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1985, by former President Trump, the Trump Campaign, and […]
Saturday, August 2, 2025 | news
On Wednesday, July 30, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction to block the U.S. Department of Education’s abrupt and unlawful termination of the Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium, Inc.’s Equity Assistance Center grant. This decision follows a lawsuit filed by the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) on behalf of the […]
Friday, May 26, 2023 | news
A federal district court in Louisiana issued a ruling today in the Thomas v. School Board of St. Martin Parish desegregation case. The court ordered the St. Martin school board to adopt remedial proposals put forward by plaintiffs. The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and co-counsel Gideon Garter of Baton Rouge represent the plaintiffs, Black students […]
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 | news
On Friday, May 24, 2013, the United States District Court for the District of Arizona issued a sweeping injunction permanently preventing controversial Arizona Sheriff, Joe Arpaio, from using race or Latino ancestry as a basis for the exercise of such law enforcement discretion as stopping a car or determining whether a Latino occupant of a vehicle may be in the country without […]
Saturday, November 11, 2023 | news
Media Contacts Legal Defense Fund (LDF) / media@naacpldf.org Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU National / isarda-sorensen@aclu.org, 347-514-3984 Ella Wiley, ACLU National / ewiley@aclu.org, 925-819-0555 NEW ORLEANS – The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today agreed with a lower court that the congressional map enacted by the Louisiana Legislature following the 2020 census is discriminatory and likely violates […]
Monday, September 11, 2023 | news
Media Contacts Ella Wiley, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) – media@naacpldf.org/212-965-2200 Brad Wise, NewsPros – Reed Smith LLP – brad@newspros.com/925-588-4744 Linda Yun, ArentFox Schiff – linda.yun@afslaw.com/312-258-4504 Jackie Dilworth, The Arc – dilworth@thearc.org /202-617-3271 Kerry-Ann Hamilton, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. – inquiries@deltasigmatheta.org/301-265-5100 Emaan England, Houston Area Urban League – eengland@haul.org/404-668-2329 [San Antonio, Texas] – Today, the […]
Tuesday, December 19, 2023 | news
Today, a federal court for the Northern District of Alabama denied a motion to dismiss and ruled that a lawsuit filed by the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) challenging the Jefferson County Commission’s 2021 redistricting plan as a racial gerrymander should proceed as quickly as possible. While the Court also denied plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary […]
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 | news
Washington, D.C. — In a victory for voting accessibility across Alabama, the Alabama NAACP (AL NAACP), Greater Birmingham Ministries (GBM), the League of Women Voters of Alabama (LWVAL), and the Alabama Disability Advocates Program (ADAP) have successfully defended the rights of absentee voters who are disabled, blind, and low literacy to receive the help of […]
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 | case-update
On Wednesday, April 2, 2014, a federal district court approved a settlement to resolve a long-running lawsuit at a hearing in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. This case challenged the New York City Board of Education’s discriminatory policies for hiring public school custodians. LDF represents ten African-American and Latino […]
