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Singleton v. Cannizzaro
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Trone Center for Justice and Equality, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ 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 ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, 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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Minneci v. Pollard
Whether private prison officials can be sued for violating the constitutional rights of federal prisoners?
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Sep 2011
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Minneci v. Pollard
Whether private prison officials can be sued for violating the constitutional rights of federal prisoners?
U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2011
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Douglas v. Independent Living Center
Whether private individuals may raise a claim that California has failed to comply with federal Medicaid requirements by suing directly under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2011
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Douglas v. Independent Living Center
Whether private individuals may raise a claim that California has failed to comply with federal Medicaid requirements by suing directly under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jul 2011
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Criminal Law Reform
Lafler v. Cooper and Missouri v. Frye
Whether a criminal defendant who forgoes a plea bargain because of ineffective assistance of counsel is entitled to relief if he subsequently receives a longer sentence after conviction than the prosecutor initially offered.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jul 2011
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Criminal Law Reform
Lafler v. Cooper and Missouri v. Frye
Whether a criminal defendant who forgoes a plea bargain because of ineffective assistance of counsel is entitled to relief if he subsequently receives a longer sentence after conviction than the prosecutor initially offered.
Florida
Jun 2011
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Florida
Jun 2011
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ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Seeks Information ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Constitutionality of Florida Foreclosure Courts
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2011
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Prisoners' Rights
Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Burlington
Whether a jail policy of strip searching every new detainee violates the Fourth Amendment.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2011
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Prisoners' Rights
Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Burlington
Whether a jail policy of strip searching every new detainee violates the Fourth Amendment.