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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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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2007
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Brendlin v. California
Reviewing whether a car's passenger can challenge an illegal traffic stop under the Fourth Amendment. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2007
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Brendlin v. California
Reviewing whether a car's passenger can challenge an illegal traffic stop under the Fourth Amendment. DECIDED
Court Case
Apr 2007
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In Re Spears
Defending juveniles' pre-trial right to counsel in Ohio.
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Apr 2007
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In Re Spears
Defending juveniles' pre-trial right to counsel in Ohio.
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2007
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Capital Punishment
Uttecht v. Brown
Reviewing whether the state courts improperly excluded a prospective juror in a death penalty case after he indicated that future dangerousness was a relevant consideration but that he would, in any event, follow the law as instructed by the judge. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2007
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Capital Punishment
Uttecht v. Brown
Reviewing whether the state courts improperly excluded a prospective juror in a death penalty case after he indicated that future dangerousness was a relevant consideration but that he would, in any event, follow the law as instructed by the judge. DECIDED
Court Case
Mar 2007
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Women's Rights
New Mexico v. Martinez
The Women's Rights Project, Reproductive Freedom Project, and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of New Mexico joined in an amicus effort before the New Mexico Supreme Court to help challenge the arrest and prosecution of Cynthia Martinez, a mother who continued her pregnancy to term in spite of her struggle with drug addiction.
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Mar 2007
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Women's Rights
New Mexico v. Martinez
The Women's Rights Project, Reproductive Freedom Project, and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of New Mexico joined in an amicus effort before the New Mexico Supreme Court to help challenge the arrest and prosecution of Cynthia Martinez, a mother who continued her pregnancy to term in spite of her struggle with drug addiction.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2007
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Prisoners' Rights
Jones v. Bock and Williams v. Overton
Challenge to a set of judicially-created rules that seriously impair a prisoner's ability to bring grievances to federal court. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2007
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Prisoners' Rights
Jones v. Bock and Williams v. Overton
Challenge to a set of judicially-created rules that seriously impair a prisoner's ability to bring grievances to federal court. DECIDED