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Cases / Briefs

May 8, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Kitimbo v. Baisden

Public Justice joined a lawsuit on behalf of Sarah Kitimbo, a former immigration detainee raped by a guard while held at the Elizabeth Detention Center in Elizabeth, N.J., a facility run by Corrections Corporation of America. The lawsuit, filed in New Jersey state court, charged…

May 8, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Jankey v. Lee

In an amici brief to the California Supreme Court, Public Justice joined a coalition of other public interest groups to argue that a court should not grant an award of attorneys’ fees to a prevailing defendant under the state’s Disabled Persons Act where the plaintiff…

May 8, 2012 Cases / Briefs

International Union v. Johnson Controls

Amicus brief urging U.S. Supreme Court to hold that a battery manufacturer’s fear of future tort liability cannot justify its “fetal protection policy” of banning non-sterile women from all jobs involving lead exposure. Our amicus brief helped persuade the U.S. Supreme Court in International Union…

May 8, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Hutchinson v. Patrick

Public Justice joined an amici brief concerning the standard for when plaintiffs have prevailed for the purpose of fee-shifting statutes. In an amici brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Public Justice joined numerous other public interest groups in arguing that…

May 8, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Hayes v. County Bank

This is a putative class action by borrowers alleging that a payday lending company violated New York civil rights and usury laws by targeting low-income and predominantly African-American communities for the marketing and issuance of short-term loans with annual interest rates in excess of 900%….

May 8, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Hankin v. City of Seattle

This class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of hundreds of peaceful protesters who were arrested and jailed on December 1, 1999, pursuant to the City of Seattle’s “no-protest zone” policy that was put into effect during the WTO Ministerial Conference. The case sought damages,…

May 7, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld

We joined with the America Civil Liberties Union, the American Jewish Committee, and the Union for Reform Judaism in an amici brief in support of Yaser Esam Hamdi, a U.S. citizen who was captured in Afghanistan in 2001 and held on U.S. soil by the…

May 7, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

Public Justice joined with People for the American Way Foundation, the Rutherford Institute, and the American Jewish Committee to file an amici brief in a case challenging the legality of the military commissions established by President Bush to try so-called “enemy combatants” for war crimes. …

May 7, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Haffer v. Temple University

We joined the National Women’s Law Center as co-counsel and lead trial counsel in Haffer v. Temple University, the nation’s first Title IX sex discrimination case involving intercollegiate athletics.  Two years later, after three weeks of trial, Temple agreed to a landmark settlement requiring new…

May 7, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Fox v. Vice

Public Justice joined a coalition of public interest groups in an amici brief to the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that under 42 U.S.C. § 1988—which permits a fee award for a defendant only if the plaintiff’s claim is “frivolous”—defendants should not be awarded the entire…

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