Sentences with phrase «civil rights lawsuits»

We have a record of success in civil rights lawsuits as well as in adjudicatory hearings before the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission.

Among the most significant hurdles, the statute bars prisoners from bringing civil rights lawsuits without first exhausting administrative remedies.

Mr. Moscovitch specializes in the resolution of Employment matters, Wage & Hour issues (including class actions), complex Business and Contractual disputes, Civil Rights lawsuits, Intellectual Property and Legal Malpractice issues, as well as significant Personal Injury cases.

The number of employment civil rights lawsuits continues to grow, placing increasing burdens on the federal courts.

He relied on a 1992 decision, Mattoon v. City of Pittsfield, by the 1st Circuit at Boston, which also found that the Safe Drinking Water Act precludes civil rights lawsuits resulting from water contaminations.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed last week to review an important procedural case affecting the ability of government officials, including school administrators, to raise a defense of immunity in civil rights lawsuits.

A federal appeals court in San Francisco Tuesday cleared the way for a trial on two civil rights lawsuits filed against former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle and other officers by the father of Oscar Grant III and five of Grant's friends.

A federal appeals court in San Francisco Tuesday cleared the way for a trial on two civil rights lawsuits filed against former BART police... Read More

New York City has agreed to pay $ 40 million to settle civil rights lawsuits filed by five people who claimed they were wrongfully convicted of murder in the Bronx and who each spent more than 17 years in prison.

So I felt that somebody had to prosecute them, which is essentially what I did by filing civil rights lawsuits against them.

He has received recognition for his commitment to pro bono legal services, including his work as one of the lead attorneys in a successful federal civil rights lawsuit protecting the voting rights of Georgia citizens.

And when she wins her civil rights lawsuit and is awarded millions of dollars, I'm sure the residents that tore it down will LOVE paying the special assessment all residents will be subjected to.

His lawyers say they are appealing the removal and continuing a Civil Rights lawsuit against the school board.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a separate civil rights lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein, Robert Weinstein and the Weinstein companies at large for «egregious violations of New York's civil rights, human rights, and business laws» earlier this year, his office said in a statement.

Meanwhile, a status conference will be held April 23rd in a courtroom on Paladino's federal civil rights lawsuit against the Board of Education.

He also filed a civil rights lawsuit against Weinstein, his brother Bob Weinstein and the entire Weinstein Co., alleging that they flouted New York's civil rights laws and New York City's human rights laws.

Beach's confirmation was happening just after news emerged that the state had reached a nearly $ 2.7 million settlement to end an 18 - year - old civil rights lawsuit brought by a group of Native Americans.

In February 2018, Schneiderman brought a civil rights lawsuit against The Weinstein Company, alleging the company «repeatedly broke New York law by failing to protect its employees from pervasive sexual harassment, intimidation, and discrimination.»

THE BRONX — The New York Botanical Garden discriminated against minority students and made a «lowball» offer to avoid hiring an observant Jew, according a civil rights lawsuit filed in Manhattan Federal Court on Wednesday.

Success Academy parents also said they intend to file a civil rights lawsuit.

They also continue to move forward with a federal civil rights lawsuit.

However, that deal crumbled Sunday when New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a bombshell civil rights lawsuit against the company.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about a federal investigation into payments made to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver by a small law firm and Albany County legislature rejecting a proposed settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit about the county under representing minorities in the redistricting plan.

Despite a federal court order that aimed to better integrate the Buffalo Public Schools, the city schools are now more segregated than they were when the original civil rights lawsuit was filed in the 1970s.

And two weeks ago, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Weinstein Co., stating that the studio «repeatedly broke New York law by failing to protect its employees from pervasive sexual harassment, intimidation, and discrimination.»

CANTON, N.Y. — Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick is among more than 40 public officials and agencies named in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a former Clarkson University soccer coach acquitted of murder charges.

The discussion has played out in protests, mayoral candidate forums, the Council chambers and an ongoing federal civil rights lawsuit.

In February, he announced a civil rights lawsuit against producer Harvey Weinstein, his brother Robert Weinstein and The Weinstein Company.

Harvey and Bob Weinstein as well as The Weinstein Company are facing a civil rights lawsuit in New York due to the assault allegations against them.

Several former and current Dallas school officials must testify in a civil rights lawsuit filed by two self - proclaimed watchdogs of the district, a state appeals court has ruled.

Unions have challenged parent choice in the courts, including a lawsuit against vouchers in Florida, a successful action against charter schools in Washington, and a new civil rights lawsuit against charter schools.

As to the construction of the civil rights lawsuit, you are dead wrong about how it was written, who contributed to the development and writing of it.

In April, after several press conferences to criticize the city's approach to school safety, FES joined with 11 students and their parents to file a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging the city had been negligent in keeping schools safe, alleging that black and Latino students were harmed in particular.

In Boston, it was a federal civil rights lawsuit, not a state law, that led to busing, and the resulting widespread protests and white flight from the public school system.

A few months later, on Feb. 8, 2007, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Pittsburgh and Sgt. Elledge on Hackbart's behalf.

Chief among those is Carter v. Washburn, a civil rights lawsuit filed in July 2015 against Kevin Washburn (then the assistant secretary of Indian Affairs) by the Goldwater Institute, a conservative nonprofit whose mission includes limiting government.

But, in most cases of serious criminal charges like this one, either a grand jury probable cause finding, or a preliminary hearing probable cause finding, both made well prior to a trial, will conclusively preclude a malicious prosecution or civil rights lawsuit.

In April, U.S. District Judge John Corbett O'Meara agreed with that argument and dismissed a civil rights lawsuit brought on behalf of several Flint residents and a local business.

42 U.S.C. Section 1983 allows United States citizens to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against police officers who violate the Fourth Amendment's protection against the use of excessive force.

6 The Oklahoma Pinnacle Plan is a 5 - year plan for improving child welfare services in Oklahoma developed as a result of a class action, civil rights lawsuit against the State's foster care system.

Not exact matches

Lawmakers and advocates expressed concern Friday that Sessions could sideline or undo the Obama administration's civil rights efforts, which have included investigations of police departments for unconstitutional practices and lawsuits meant to protect the rights of transgender individuals and black voters.

Gorsuch has argued that liberals are too quick to file lawsuits as a way to force change, even though there's «no doubt that constitutional lawsuits have secured critical civil - rights victories,» including desegregation.

Tesla shares were trading down on Tuesday after news of a civil rights class - action lawsuit against the automaker.

The group, Nexus Derechos Humanos, a civil - rights firm based in Virginia and Georgia, said it would detail the federal lawsuit at a press conference Thursday in front of Broward's circuit court.

President Trump's longtime attorney, Michael Cohen, will invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self - incrimination in a civil lawsuit brought by adult entertainer Stormy Daniels — a move that would prevent him revealing anything that could be used later by federal prosecutors.

The Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian civil rights group, and the Discovery Institute, a proponent of intelligent design, are supporting Coppedge's lawsuit.

A group of six individuals have filed a $ 40 million lawsuit against Ferguson, St. Louis County and several police officials for what they say was violations of their civil rights during the unrest that followed the shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown.

A group of six individuals have filed a $ 40 million lawsuit against Ferguson, St. Louis County and several police officials for what they say was violations of their civil rights...

The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit charging that North Carolina's bathroom law violates federal civil - rights law — a move that came hours after the state's officials filed their own suit saying the department was trying to rewrite national law by attacking them.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Hours after the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) filed a lawsuit against the state of New York for what it called the unequal treatment, abuse and denial of rights of farmworkers, the governor said he won't fight it in court.