Sentences with phrase «alleged equal protection clause»

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.

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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.

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

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.

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.

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.