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6 May 2015, 5:00 am
For instance, a county prosecutor might be named as a defendant in a civil case if the prosecutor supervised and directed his or her deputies who actually handled the trial. [read post]
29 Nov 2023, 12:15 am
In an opinion published yesterday, the Fourth District Court of Appeal held: Civil Code sections 1566, 1567, and 1570 establish a right to rescission in cases in which a person’s consent to a transaction was obtained by "menace": threats of confinement, of unlawful violence to the person or his or her property, or of injury to a person’s character. [read post]
31 Dec 2014, 3:43 pm
New York State law, by virtue of CPLR § 4501,[1]provides statutory protection in civil cases parallel to the Fifth Amendment. [read post]
31 Jan 2013, 6:00 am
Lola case that generated debate on this topic previously on Slaw here and here. [read post]
17 Oct 2020, 3:11 am
The contributions included are the following: ‘The Case of Naït-Liman before the European Court of Human Rights – A Forum Non Conveniens for Asserting the Right of Access to a Court in Relation to Civil Claims for Torture Committed Abroad? [read post]
22 May 2019, 8:19 am
Edgell, Judicial Independence and Civil Liberties in Transitional Democracies: The Case of Kenya [read post]
27 Aug 2015, 10:24 pm
This case involved a civil rights action brought by Pulte Home Corporation and Shiloh Farm Investments, LLC against Montgomery County, Maryland and the Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission (collectively, “Defendants”) for allegedly violating Pulte’s state and federal civil rights by enacting land use legislation that adversely affected Pulte’s ownership interests in approximately 541 acres of land it owns in… [read post]
5 Feb 2007, 3:34 pm
On this basis, I argued that, if a case on its individual facts raises a litigant’s civil ‘rights and obligations’, dismissal of that case on the grounds of non-justiciability is an infringement of the right of access to a court, and as such requires justification (which is essentially a proportionality test, with a consequent prohibition on wholesale negations of the right). [read post]
13 Apr 2011, 11:37 am
” Margo Schlanger, who heads the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, said in a written statement that "We received this complaint today, and will investigate it promptly. [read post]
16 Dec 2011, 9:31 am
According to Professor Ed Kramer of the Fair Housing Clinic, this case presents the most serious challenge to civil rights in this country in four decades. [read post]
12 Aug 2005, 8:06 am
[JURIST] Mississippi Judge Marcus Gordon on Friday granted bail to former Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen [JURIST news archive], who, in June, was sentenced to 60 years in prison [JURIST report] for the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers. [read post]
17 May 2007, 8:00 am
Abel, Associate Director of the Brennan Center for Justice, addresses how to insure that civil Gideon be implemented in a way that maximizes the competence and diligence of the attorneys who fulfill this role (A Right to Counsel in Civil Cases: Lessons from Gideon v. [read post]
21 Dec 2023, 5:11 am
If you think you’ve been a victim of police misconduct, bodycam footage may be a critical element in your civil rights case. [read post]
22 Apr 2019, 7:35 am
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will decide whether the main federal civil rights law that prohibits employment discrimination applies to LGBT people. [read post]
9 May 2023, 1:03 pm
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said Tuesday that he plans to represent hundreds of sexual abuse survivors in lawsuits against the Archdiocese of Baltimore as soon as a law lifting the statute of limitations for such claims takes effect in the fall. [read post]
23 Apr 2011, 2:37 pm
Tomassi Law Associates, LLC www.attorney-ri.com 1-888-RI-LAWLINEFirst, the three defendants wouldnt talk in depositions, asserting their Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination. [read post]
15 Mar 2019, 1:45 pm
This meant that whatever the outcome of the case, many property owners would lose money if they dared to fight for their rights in court. [read post]
5 May 2023, 8:28 am
The ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project is founded under the leadership of Lucas Guttentag with a mission to protect the rights of immigrants. 1989 The ACLU joins several religious and civil rights organizations in a class action lawsuit challenging the Reagan administration’s discriminatory denial of 97 percent and 99 percent, respectively, of asylum applications from people from El Salvador and Guatemala, where civil wars involving… [read post]
19 Feb 2015, 10:21 am
Syrian authorities reportedly targeted activists, lawyers and human rights defenders before the country's civil war began, and those groups are particularly vulnerable today. [read post]
16 Nov 2023, 5:00 am
From these experiences, the continuous call for action from civil society and affected communities has been to center human rights in epidemic responses and ensure that rights-based approaches remain the focal point. [read post]
