by Devon Sullivan | Jun 22, 2015
On June 22, 2009, the Supreme Court released its opinion, in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder, Case No. 08-322. In an 8-1 decision, the Court declined to reach the question of the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act,...
by Devon Sullivan | Jun 22, 2015
Click on the links below to read about our closed cases: Port Wentworth Wynwood Baytree Pitt v. City of Portsmouth, Va King v. City of Blakely Housing Authority Port Wentworth On October 22, 2003, the Lawyers’ Committee, Fletcher Farrington and the law firm of...
by Devon Sullivan | Jun 22, 2015
The Fair Housing & Community Development Project provides pro bono transactional legal assistance to community development organizations working to create and maintain affordable housing and to revitalize and stabilize neighborhoods. Transactional services...
by Devon Sullivan | Jun 22, 2015
On May 30, 2014, Judge Peter H. Kirwan of the Superior Court for the County of Santa Clara entered a default judgment for just under $1 million against four of the participants in the alleged fraud in Antonio Ocegueda, et al. v. Ken Nathanson et al., Case No....
by Devon Sullivan | Jun 22, 2015
Magner v. Gallagher On January 30, 2012 the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, all eight of its affiliates and 16 other civil rights organizations filed an amicus curiae brief in the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Magner v....
