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Singleton v. Cannizzaro
The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Trone Center for Justice and Equality, ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of Louisiana, and Civil Rights Corps, filed suit against District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, his office in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, and several Assistant District Attorneys for systematically breaking the laws of Louisiana and of the U.S. Constitution.
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Dockery v. Hall
The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander, and the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP, filed a petition for class certification and expert reports for a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). The lawsuit, which was filed in May 2013, describes the for-profit prison as hyper-violent, grotesquely filthy and dangerous. EMCF is operated "in a perpetual state of crisis" where prisoners are at "grave risk of death and loss of limbs." The facility, located in Meridian, Mississippi, is supposed to provide intensive treatment to the state's prisoners with serious psychiatric disabilities, many of whom are locked down in long-term solitary confinement.
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Schroeder v. Palm Beach County School Board
In this case, the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ charges that the shamefully low high school graduation rates in Florida's Palm Beach County violate students’ constitutional right to a high-quality education.
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Mar 2008
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Schroeder v. Palm Beach County School Board
In this case, the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ charges that the shamefully low high school graduation rates in Florida's Palm Beach County violate students’ constitutional right to a high-quality education.
Court Case
Mar 2008
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State of Tennessee v. Taylor
Severely Mentally-Ill ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Client is Sentenced to Life Imprisonment After Successful Appeal and 18 Years on Death Row
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Mar 2008
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State of Tennessee v. Taylor
Severely Mentally-Ill ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Client is Sentenced to Life Imprisonment After Successful Appeal and 18 Years on Death Row
Court Case
Feb 2008
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Women's Rights
J.K. v. Arizona Board of Regents
The plaintiff in this case, a student at Arizona State University ("ASU"), was raped in her dormitory room by an ASU football player. ASU administrators had expelled the harasser for severe sexual harassment of multiple women at ASU over the summer, and then weeks later arranged to re-admit him – with no supervision – to ASU and to the ASU dorms where he raped the plaintiff a few months later.
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Feb 2008
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J.K. v. Arizona Board of Regents
The plaintiff in this case, a student at Arizona State University ("ASU"), was raped in her dormitory room by an ASU football player. ASU administrators had expelled the harasser for severe sexual harassment of multiple women at ASU over the summer, and then weeks later arranged to re-admit him – with no supervision – to ASU and to the ASU dorms where he raped the plaintiff a few months later.
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2008
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Capital Punishment
Kennedy v. Louisiana
Whether a state may constitutionally impose the death penalty for the rape of a child. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2008
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Kennedy v. Louisiana
Whether a state may constitutionally impose the death penalty for the rape of a child. DECIDED
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2008
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Racial Justice
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education
The Court rejected the constitutionality of school district plans in Seattle and Louisville that used race as a factor in student assignment in an effort to address racial segregation in K-12 schools. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2008
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Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education
The Court rejected the constitutionality of school district plans in Seattle and Louisville that used race as a factor in student assignment in an effort to address racial segregation in K-12 schools. DECIDED