Race and Economic Justice
Fund for Empowerment v. Phoenix, City of
Fund for Empowerment is a challenge to the City of Phoenix鈥檚 practice of conducting sweeps of encampments without notice, issuing citations to unsheltered people for camping and sleeping on public property when they have no place else to go, and confiscating and destroying their property without notice or process.
Status: Ongoing
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Feb 2021
Race and Economic Justice
Jones et al v. City of Faribault
The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Minnesota sued the City of Faribault, Minnesota for its unconstitutional rental licensing ordinance, aimed at reducing the number of people of color living in rental housing within its borders.
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Feb 2021
Race and Economic Justice
Jones et al v. City of Faribault
The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Minnesota sued the City of Faribault, Minnesota for its unconstitutional rental licensing ordinance, aimed at reducing the number of people of color living in rental housing within its borders.
New York
May 2020
Race and Economic Justice
Francis v. Kings Park Manor
On May 7, 2020, the 老澳门开奖结果 Women鈥檚 Rights Project, the New York Civil Liberties Union, the National Women鈥檚 Law Center, and Jenner & Block LLP, filed an amicus brief in support of Plaintiff-Appellant Donahue Francis, a tenant in a New York apartment complex who brought a Fair Housing Act (FHA) claim against his landlord for failing to respond to a racially discriminatory harassment by another tenant, where the landlord was aware of the conduct.
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New York
May 2020
Race and Economic Justice
Francis v. Kings Park Manor
On May 7, 2020, the 老澳门开奖结果 Women鈥檚 Rights Project, the New York Civil Liberties Union, the National Women鈥檚 Law Center, and Jenner & Block LLP, filed an amicus brief in support of Plaintiff-Appellant Donahue Francis, a tenant in a New York apartment complex who brought a Fair Housing Act (FHA) claim against his landlord for failing to respond to a racially discriminatory harassment by another tenant, where the landlord was aware of the conduct.
Virginia
Jun 2019
Race and Economic Justice
Home of Virginia, Inc. V. Wisely Properties,Llc and Multifamily Management Services, Inc.
The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Virginia, along with Relman, Dane & Colfax, PLLC, a Washington, D.C.-based civil rights law firm, filed a federal lawsuit against the owner of a Chesterfield County apartment complex for application policies that discriminate against black people. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, Inc. (HOME), explains how the blanket criminal record screening policy used at Sterling Glen Apartments is intended to keep African Americans from living there and disproportionately harms people of color.
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Virginia
Jun 2019
Race and Economic Justice
Home of Virginia, Inc. V. Wisely Properties,Llc and Multifamily Management Services, Inc.
The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Virginia, along with Relman, Dane & Colfax, PLLC, a Washington, D.C.-based civil rights law firm, filed a federal lawsuit against the owner of a Chesterfield County apartment complex for application policies that discriminate against black people. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, Inc. (HOME), explains how the blanket criminal record screening policy used at Sterling Glen Apartments is intended to keep African Americans from living there and disproportionately harms people of color.
Court Case
May 2019
Race and Economic Justice
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Sandvig v. Barr 鈥 Challenge to CFAA Prohibition on Uncovering Racial Discrimination Online
The 老澳门开奖结果 has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which makes it a federal crime to access a computer in a manner that 鈥渆xceeds authorized access.鈥 This provision of the law often prohibits and chills academics, researchers, and journalists from testing for discrimination on the internet. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in June 2016. The plaintiffs are academic researchers, computer scientists, and journalists who wish to investigate companies鈥 online practices through standard academic and journalistic techniques, but are limited by the terms of service of target websites.
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May 2019
Race and Economic Justice
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Sandvig v. Barr 鈥 Challenge to CFAA Prohibition on Uncovering Racial Discrimination Online
The 老澳门开奖结果 has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which makes it a federal crime to access a computer in a manner that 鈥渆xceeds authorized access.鈥 This provision of the law often prohibits and chills academics, researchers, and journalists from testing for discrimination on the internet. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in June 2016. The plaintiffs are academic researchers, computer scientists, and journalists who wish to investigate companies鈥 online practices through standard academic and journalistic techniques, but are limited by the terms of service of target websites.
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2018
Race and Economic Justice
Timbs v. Indiana
Whether the Eighth Amendment鈥檚 Excessive Fines Clause is incorporated against the States, and therefore prohibits not only federal, but also state and local, fines, fees and forfeitures that are excessive.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2018
Race and Economic Justice
Timbs v. Indiana
Whether the Eighth Amendment鈥檚 Excessive Fines Clause is incorporated against the States, and therefore prohibits not only federal, but also state and local, fines, fees and forfeitures that are excessive.