Sentences with phrase «alleged equal protection»

Prior to the enactment of the Fair Housing Act Amendments of 1988 adding handicapped to the protected classes, the Supreme Court addressed the applicable standard of review for alleged Equal Protection clause violations against mentally retarded people in the case City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center.

He maintained that «plaintiffs alleging equal protection violations must prove intent and causation and not merely the existence of racial disparity,» and that «public schooling, even in the South, should be controlled by locally elected authorities acting in conjunction with parents, and that it is desirable to permit pupils to attend schools nearest their homes.»

The dissenters emphasized that their view concerning the evidentiary burden facing a defendant who alleges an equal protection claim based on the State's use of peremptory challenges

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The suit alleges that police violated Nicholas's constitutional rights to freedom of the press, speech, assembly, and intra-state movement, as well as his rights to equal protection under the law and substantive due process.

On December 8, 2011, opponents filed suit, alleging that the newly drawn state House map violated the Voting Rights Act and the equal protection clause of the United States Constitution by «targeting African - American incumbents for pairing, and «cracking» the Latino community of southwest Detroit.»

Parents Involved commenced this suit in the Western District of Washington, alleging that Seattle's use of race in assignments violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, 4 Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,5 and the Washington Civil Rights Act.6 Id., at 28a - 35a.

As a result, the lawsuit alleges, the Regents and SED violated teachers» rights to fair evaluations and equal protection under the law.

This alleged «disparate impact,» they claimed, violated the state constitution's equal protection clause.

When their children were not promoted to grade 4, the parents filed a class action suit in state court, alleging violations of the children's due process and equal protection rights under the state and federal constitutions.

Represented by Los Angeles law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, the plaintiffs allege teacher protections such as tenure, seniority rules in layoffs and other teacher dismissal statutes disparately keep ineffective teachers in the classroom in violation of the state constitution's equal protection clause.

Plaintiffs allege that these statutes, which impinge students» fundamental right to education and have a disproportionate impact on low - income and minority students, violate their equal protection rights under the California Constitution.

The association seeks injunctive and declaratory relief, and its complaint alleges violations of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and of the Equal Privileges Clause of the Indiana constitution.

The lawsuit alleged that SSA's conduct violated the Social Security Act and the equal protection and due process guarantees of the U.S. Constitution.

In the North Carolina case, the court dismissed two counts in LegalZoom's 2001 lawsuit against the bar, in which LegalZoom alleged that the bar's efforts to shut it down violated the anti-monopoly and equal protection clauses of the state constitution.

We have successfully prosecuted civil rights claims and defended clients against civil rights complaints, including those alleging First Amendment violations, Due Process and Equal Protection violations, Age and Sex Discrimination claims and other violations of the United States and State Constitutions.

CLC then filed suit against the City alleging that the zoning ordinance, on its face and as applied, violated the equal protection rights of CLC and its potential residents.