Racial Discrimination Cases
October 3rd, 2014
Written by Sam Hananel in Discrimination Cases, Race Relations with 0 Comments
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider housing discrimination for the third time in recent years. The Supreme Court will consider taking away a powerful legal tactic the Obama administration and others have used to combat housing discrimination.
The justices agreed Thursday to take up a Texas case that challenges the theory that certain housing or lending practices can illegally harm minority...
September 29th, 2014
Written by Ann Sanner in Discrimination Cases, Race Relations with 0 Comments
Voting Rights at still challenged in Ohio, an important swing state, as we approach the mid-term election in November. What is tied up in the court system is what should be the schedule for early voting, which could start as early as next week.
Attorneys for the state of Ohio have formally asked the full federal appeals court to review a lawsuit affecting the swing state's early voting schedule....
September 24th, 2014
Written by The Associated Press in Discrimination Cases, Race Relations with 0 Comments
EEOC, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, is suing a Montgomery County business, alleging that it's been discriminating against blacks and women for years.
The lawsuit was filed Monday in federal court in Maryland against ACM Services, an environmental remediation services contractor based in Rockville.
ACM Services President R. Thom Hess did not return a call and email for...
September 19th, 2014
Written by Alan Scher Zagier in Discrimination Cases, Race Relations with 2 Comments
A federal lawsuit alleges police brutality in Ferguson and St. Louis County due to the use of excessive force and arrests of innocent bystanders during widespread unrest following the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown.
The five plaintiffs in the suit in St. Louis include a clinical social worker who said she and her 17-year-old son were roughed up and arrested after not evacuating a...
September 17th, 2014
Written by Matt Hamilton in Discrimination Cases, National Collegiate Dialogue, Race Relations with 8 Comments
The "school to prison" practices that have become so common place in disciplinary practices in schools all across America are about to end in school districts in Los Angeles. Students caught misbehaving in the nation's second largest school district will be sent to the principal's office rather than the courthouse as part of sweeping disciplinary reforms in Los Angeles schools.
Under the new...
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