Race and Criminal Justice
Fund for Empowerment v. Phoenix, City of
Fund for Empowerment is a challenge to the City of Phoenix’s 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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Defy Ventures, Inc. v. Small Business Administration
Suing the Trump administration to lift its unlawful exclusion of businesses owned by people with criminal records from being eligible for Paycheck Protection Act funds
Status: Ongoing
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18 Race and Criminal Justice Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2014
Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center
Whether private individuals may raise a claim that a state law is inconsistent with federal law by suing directly under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Race and Criminal Justice
Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center
Whether private individuals may raise a claim that a state law is inconsistent with federal law by suing directly under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution.
Dec 2014
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Feb 2010
"Driving While Black" in Maryland
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Lawsuits Against the Maryland State Police
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Race and Criminal Justice
Racial Justice
"Driving While Black" in Maryland
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Lawsuits Against the Maryland State Police
Feb 2010
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2009
Jarrar v. Harris, et al.
In August 2007, the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û and NYCLU filed a federal civil rights lawsuit charging that a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) official and JetBlue Airways illegally discriminated against an American resident, Raed Jarrar, based solely on the Arabic message on his t-shirt and his ethnicity.
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Race and Criminal Justice
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Jarrar v. Harris, et al.
In August 2007, the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û and NYCLU filed a federal civil rights lawsuit charging that a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) official and JetBlue Airways illegally discriminated against an American resident, Raed Jarrar, based solely on the Arabic message on his t-shirt and his ethnicity.
Jan 2009
Status: Ongoing
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