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Dockery v. Hall
The ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander, and the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP, filed a petition for class certification and expert reports for a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). The lawsuit, which was filed in May 2013, describes the for-profit prison as hyper-violent, grotesquely filthy and dangerous. EMCF is operated in a perpetual state of crisis where prisoners are at grave risk of death and loss of limbs. The facility, located in Meridian, Mississippi, is supposed to provide intensive treatment to the state's prisoners with serious psychiatric disabilities, many of whom are locked down in long-term solitary confinement.
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CBOCS West Inc. v. Humphries
Whether a federal law enacted shortly after the Civil War that grants all persons the same right to make and enforce contracts regardless of race protects those who complain about discrimination from retaliation. DECIDED
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May 2008
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CBOCS West Inc. v. Humphries
Whether a federal law enacted shortly after the Civil War that grants all persons the same right to make and enforce contracts regardless of race protects those who complain about discrimination from retaliation. DECIDED
U.S. Supreme Court
May 2008
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Herring v. United States
Whether the exclusionary rule requires the suppression of evidence seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment when the Fourth Amendment violation was based on misinformation sent by law enforcement officials in another county.
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Herring v. United States
Whether the exclusionary rule requires the suppression of evidence seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment when the Fourth Amendment violation was based on misinformation sent by law enforcement officials in another county.
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State of North Carolina v. Jones
Innocent North Carolina Man Exonerated After 14 Years On Death Row
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State of North Carolina v. Jones
Innocent North Carolina Man Exonerated After 14 Years On Death Row
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Prisoners' Rights
Addressing the Unintended Consequences of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA)
ƵEfforts to Fix the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA)
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Prisoners' Rights
Addressing the Unintended Consequences of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA)
ƵEfforts to Fix the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA)
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2008
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Women's Rights
Crawford v. Nashville
Whether employees who cooperate with an internal investigation of alleged sexual harassment are protected against retaliation under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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Apr 2008
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Women's Rights
Crawford v. Nashville
Whether employees who cooperate with an internal investigation of alleged sexual harassment are protected against retaliation under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.