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14 Race and Economic Justice Cases

White v. Shwedo
South Carolina
Sep 2021

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White v. Shwedo

In the latest front in the nationwide fight against the criminalization of poverty, on October 31, 2019, the 桃子视频, 桃子视频of South Carolina, Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC, Southern Poverty Law Center, and South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center filed a federal lawsuit challenging South Carolina鈥檚 policy of automatically suspending the driver鈥檚 licenses of people with unpaid traffic tickets. The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles does not ensure that people who cannot pay will not lose their licenses in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment鈥檚 promise of due process and equal protection under the law. South Carolina鈥檚 wealth-based license suspensions impact more than 190,000 people, funneling those who are unable to pay, particularly poor people of color, deep into cycles of poverty, job loss, traffic violations, and entanglement with the legal system.
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South Carolina
Sep 2021
White v. Shwedo

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White v. Shwedo

In the latest front in the nationwide fight against the criminalization of poverty, on October 31, 2019, the 桃子视频, 桃子视频of South Carolina, Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC, Southern Poverty Law Center, and South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center filed a federal lawsuit challenging South Carolina鈥檚 policy of automatically suspending the driver鈥檚 licenses of people with unpaid traffic tickets. The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles does not ensure that people who cannot pay will not lose their licenses in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment鈥檚 promise of due process and equal protection under the law. South Carolina鈥檚 wealth-based license suspensions impact more than 190,000 people, funneling those who are unable to pay, particularly poor people of color, deep into cycles of poverty, job loss, traffic violations, and entanglement with the legal system.
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Faribault
Court Case
Feb 2021

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Jones et al v. City of Faribault

The 桃子视频 and 桃子视频of Minnesota sued the City of Faribault, Minnesota for its unconstitutional rental licensing ordinance, aimed at reducing the number of people of color living in rental housing within its borders.
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Court Case
Feb 2021
Faribault

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Jones et al v. City of Faribault

The 桃子视频 and 桃子视频of Minnesota sued the City of Faribault, Minnesota for its unconstitutional rental licensing ordinance, aimed at reducing the number of people of color living in rental housing within its borders.
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Francis v. Kings Park Manor
New York
May 2020

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Francis v. Kings Park Manor

On May 7, 2020, the 桃子视频Women鈥檚 Rights Project, the New York Civil Liberties Union, the National Women鈥檚 Law Center, and Jenner & Block LLP, filed an amicus brief in support of Plaintiff-Appellant Donahue Francis, a tenant in a New York apartment complex who brought a Fair Housing Act (FHA) claim against his landlord for failing to respond to a racially discriminatory harassment by another tenant, where the landlord was aware of the conduct.
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New York
May 2020
Francis v. Kings Park Manor

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Francis v. Kings Park Manor

On May 7, 2020, the 桃子视频Women鈥檚 Rights Project, the New York Civil Liberties Union, the National Women鈥檚 Law Center, and Jenner & Block LLP, filed an amicus brief in support of Plaintiff-Appellant Donahue Francis, a tenant in a New York apartment complex who brought a Fair Housing Act (FHA) claim against his landlord for failing to respond to a racially discriminatory harassment by another tenant, where the landlord was aware of the conduct.
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Apartment building exterior
Virginia
Jun 2019

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Home of Virginia, Inc. V. Wisely Properties,Llc and Multifamily Management Services, Inc.

The 桃子视频and the 桃子视频of Virginia, along with Relman, Dane & Colfax, PLLC, a Washington, D.C.-based civil rights law firm, filed a federal lawsuit against the owner of a Chesterfield County apartment complex for application policies that discriminate against black people. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, Inc. (HOME), explains how the blanket criminal record screening policy used at Sterling Glen Apartments is intended to keep African Americans from living there and disproportionately harms people of color.
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Virginia
Jun 2019
Apartment building exterior

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Home of Virginia, Inc. V. Wisely Properties,Llc and Multifamily Management Services, Inc.

The 桃子视频and the 桃子视频of Virginia, along with Relman, Dane & Colfax, PLLC, a Washington, D.C.-based civil rights law firm, filed a federal lawsuit against the owner of a Chesterfield County apartment complex for application policies that discriminate against black people. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, Inc. (HOME), explains how the blanket criminal record screening policy used at Sterling Glen Apartments is intended to keep African Americans from living there and disproportionately harms people of color.
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Court Case
May 2019

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Sandvig v. Barr 鈥 Challenge to CFAA Prohibition on Uncovering Racial Discrimination Online

The 桃子视频has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which makes it a federal crime to access a computer in a manner that 鈥渆xceeds authorized access.鈥 This provision of the law often prohibits and chills academics, researchers, and journalists from testing for discrimination on the internet. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in June 2016. The plaintiffs are academic researchers, computer scientists, and journalists who wish to investigate companies鈥 online practices through standard academic and journalistic techniques, but are limited by the terms of service of target websites.
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Sandvig V. Barr 鈥 Challenge To Cfaa Prohibition On Uncovering Racial Discrimination Online. Explore Case.
Court Case
May 2019
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+2 桃子视频

Sandvig v. Barr 鈥 Challenge to CFAA Prohibition on Uncovering Racial Discrimination Online

The 桃子视频has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which makes it a federal crime to access a computer in a manner that 鈥渆xceeds authorized access.鈥 This provision of the law often prohibits and chills academics, researchers, and journalists from testing for discrimination on the internet. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in June 2016. The plaintiffs are academic researchers, computer scientists, and journalists who wish to investigate companies鈥 online practices through standard academic and journalistic techniques, but are limited by the terms of service of target websites.
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