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Court Issues Decision Against Federal Government in Challenge to Withholding of Documents From Asylum Seekers

July 12, 2013

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Candice Francis / Communications Director / LCCR / 415.543.9697 x216 / cfrancis@lccr.com (San Francisco, CA)– On July 10, 2013, a federal judge ruled that immigration …

Study Highlights Racial Disparities in Peninsula Area High School Student Assignment Plan

July 8, 2013

Disproportionate Impact on Minority Students in East Palo Alto Raises Questions of Legal Liability FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Candice Francis / Communications Director, LCCR / 415.543.9697 x216 / cfrancis@lccr.com SAN FRANCISCO, …

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Preclearance Provisions of the Voting Rights Act, But Strikes Down Formula That Determines Where They Should Apply

June 24, 2013

Congress left to determine which states are most likely to disenfranchise voters FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Candice Francis / Communications Director, LCCR / 415.543.9697 x216 / cfrancis@lccr.com SAN FRANCISCO – Today, …

U.S. Supreme Court Reaffirms the Value of Diversity in Higher Education

June 24, 2013

Court sends the case back to appeals court for closer scrutiny FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Candice Francis / Communications Director, LCCR / 415.543.9697 x216 / cfrancis@lccr.com SAN FRANCISCO – Today, in …

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Caltrans Equal Opportunity Program

April 16, 2013

Access to federal contracts at stake for women and minority owned businesses For Immediate Release Media Contact: Candice Francis / Communications Director, LCCR / 415.543.9697 x216 / cfrancis@lccr.com (San Francisco, …

A Trifecta of Cases Before the U.S. Supreme Court to Shape Racial Justice Policy for Years to Come

March 25, 2013

Rulings will portend future of civil rights and equal opportunity FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Candice Francis / Communications Director, LCCR / 415.543.9697 x216 / cfrancis@lccr.com The U.S. Supreme Court today granted …

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules that Arizona Immigration Law Violates First Amendment Rights

March 5, 2013

Communication between day laborers and those who hire them is protected FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Candice Francis / Communications Director, LCCR / 415.543.9697 x216 / cfrancis@lccr.com (San Francisco, CA) – The …

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Presents Oral Argument in 9th Circuit in support of Caltrans Equal Opportunity Program

February 11, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Candice Francis / Communications Director, LCCR / 415.543.9697 x216 / cfrancis@lccr.com (San Francisco, CA) – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments today in the …

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Local Law Enforcement Officials Urge Governor Brown: Sign the TRUST Act into Law and Make California the “anti-Arizona” State!

July 28, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Candice Francis / Communications Director, LCCR / 415.543.9697 x216 / cfrancis@lccr.com (San Francisco, CA) San Francisco Police Chief Gregory Suhr joined law enforcement officials across the state, …