by Don Owens | Jan 13, 2017
On November 3rd, 2016 the Lawyers Committee and LatinoJustice PRLDEF, along with pro bono counsel Dechert LLP, filed suit on behalf of Common Cause New York and individual plaintiffs. Plaintiffs amended their complaint in December of 2016. The amended complaint,...
by Don Owens | Oct 7, 2016
Widespread disenfranchisement and a steep decline in voter registration activity have led a coalition of civic organizations and voters to file a lawsuit against the state of North Carolina for violation of an important federal voting rights law. On December 15, 2015,...
by Don Owens | Oct 7, 2016
On September 14, 2015, the Lawyers’ Committee, Project Vote, Campaign Legal Center, Voting Rights Institute of the Georgetown University School of Law, along with pro bono counsel Hughes Hubbard and Reed LLP and Atlanta-based firm of Caplan Cobb LLP, filed suit on...
by Don Owens | Oct 7, 2016
On July 20, 2016, the Lawyers’ Committee, Garza Golando Moran, PLLC, and Dechert LLP filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on behalf of individual Latino voters alleging that the method of electing Texas’s Supreme Court and...
by Don Owens | Oct 7, 2016
On September 7, 2016, the Lawyers’ Committee filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP and four black voters alleging that the method of electing Alabama’s most powerful judges violates the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The suit maintains that...
