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Singleton v. Cannizzaro
The 糖心VlogTrone Center for Justice and Equality, 糖心Vlogof 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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Mar 2017
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Prisoners' Rights
Dockery v. Hall
The ACLU, 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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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2004
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Immigrants' Rights
Muehler v. Mena
Challenging the length, nature, and scope of the police detention of a lawful permanent resident during a police raid.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2004
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Immigrants' Rights
Muehler v. Mena
Challenging the length, nature, and scope of the police detention of a lawful permanent resident during a police raid.
U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2004
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Illinois v. Caballes
Reviewing whether police can expand a routine traffic stop into a drug investigation by using a drug-sniffing dog in the absence of individualized suspicion. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2004
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Illinois v. Caballes
Reviewing whether police can expand a routine traffic stop into a drug investigation by using a drug-sniffing dog in the absence of individualized suspicion. DECIDED
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2004
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Kowalski v. Tesmer
Reviewing whether indigent criminal defendants in Michigan are entitled to appointed counsel on their first appeal, even if they plead guilty. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2004
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Kowalski v. Tesmer
Reviewing whether indigent criminal defendants in Michigan are entitled to appointed counsel on their first appeal, even if they plead guilty. DECIDED
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2004
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National Security
Rasul v. Bush
Reviewing a ruling that the federal courts are not entitled to hear a claim that detainees at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba are being held in violation of the Constitution and international law. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2004
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National Security
Rasul v. Bush
Reviewing a ruling that the federal courts are not entitled to hear a claim that detainees at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba are being held in violation of the Constitution and international law. DECIDED
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2003
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Racial Justice
Gratz v. Bollinger
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This case challenged the use of affirmative action in the University of Michigan's undergraduate admissions process. Though this particular program was struck down, the Court upheld the constitutionality of affirmative action in order to further the compelling interest of diversity.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2003
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Racial Justice
Gratz v. Bollinger
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This case challenged the use of affirmative action in the University of Michigan's undergraduate admissions process. Though this particular program was struck down, the Court upheld the constitutionality of affirmative action in order to further the compelling interest of diversity.