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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Hayden v. Pataki

1:00-cv-08586 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 2000

Closed Date: 2006

On November 9, 2000, Plaintiffs filed this class action against the State of New York and its State Board of Elections in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Plaintiffs, Black and Latino individuals who had been convicted of felonies under the laws of the state of New York and were incarcerated in the New York prison system or on parole, claimed that pursuant to New York Election Law § 5-106(2), they were not permitted to vote in state or federal elections, i…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Gonzalez v. State of Arizona

2:06-cv-01268 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: May 9, 2006

On May 9, 2006, a group of Latino voters filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona against the state of Arizona. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, MALDEF, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the ACLU Voting Rights Project, brought suit under the Voting Rights Act, the NVRA, the Civil Rights Act of 1957/1960, 42 U.S. §1983, and state law and asked for declaratory and injunctive relief. Plaintiffs alleged that they were denied the right…
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United States v. James Griggs Raines

2:58-cv-00442 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: Sept. 4, 1958

Closed Date: Jan. 24, 1961

In this case brought under the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the United States alleged that the Registrars of Terrell County, GA purposefully delayed and arbitrarily denied Black voters' registrations in order to maintain racial disparity among registered voters in the county. Led by Charles Bloch, one of the leading segregationist attorneys of the era, defendants used this case to challenge the constitutionality of part of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Eventually it reached the U.S. Supreme Court,…
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
U.S. v. James G. Clark, Jr.

64-03438 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 2, 1964

Closed Date: 1969

This case is part of the Clearinghouse Special Collection on the events and litigation leading up to and surrounding the famous Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. This suit was filed on 9/2/1964. Prior to this suit, Judge Albert Hare of Alabama's state court for Dallas County (where Selma is located), issued an injunction on July 9, 1964 effectively making it unlawful to conduct large public protests or gather to discuss and plan civil rights activism. Specifically, the injunction made the f…
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United States v. McLeod (Dallas County)

1:63-03188 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 1963

Closed Date: 1967

This case is part of the Clearinghouse Special Collection on the events and litigation leading up to and surrounding the famous Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. This suit and United States v. Dallas County precipitated after a series of events in Selma, AL, briefly described below. The Dallas County Voters League ("League") sought to encourage local black citizens to register to vote. Early in 1963, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sent volunteers to Selma to assist with…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. Atkins

61-02584 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1961

Closed Date: 1965

This case is part of the Clearinghouse Special Collection on the events and litigation leading up to and surrounding the famous Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. The Department of Justice field this suit in March 1961, challenging the racially discriminatory voter registration practices of the State of Alabama and the Dallas County Board of Registrars. The DOJ brought this suit under the Civil Rights Act, seeking injunctive relief. The case was brought in the U.S. District Court for the Sou…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
In re Wallace

58-01487 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1958

Closed Date: 1959

This case is part of the Clearinghouse Special Collection on the events and litigation leading up to and surrounding the famous Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. On October 23, 1958, the Department of Justice responded to complaints of voter discrimination in Alabama. The DOJ scheduled a public hearing in Montgomery, AL for Dec. 8, 1959 and in the meantime sought permission to examine registration and voting records of various counties. The custodians were the various county registrars and …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. Alabama

60-cv-00479 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1960

Closed Date: 1961

This case is part of the Clearinghouse Special Collection on the events and litigation leading up to and surrounding the famous Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. In 1960, the Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the State of Alabama and registrars from Macon County, AL, under the Civil Rights Act. The DOJ argued that racial discrimination had deprived Macon County's black citizens of the right to vote, and it sought preventative relief under §1971 (later transferred to 52 U.S.C.A. § 10101) in t…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. Penton

61-cv-01741 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1961

Closed Date: 1962

This case is part of the Clearinghouse Special Collection on the events and litigation leading up to and surrounding the famous Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. In May 1960, pursuant to allegations that Montgomery County engaged in racially discriminatory voter registration and voting practices, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a demand of records under the Civil Rights Act. The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama subsequently ordered state officials to produce thos…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. Dallas County

2:63-cv-03064 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: June 26, 1963

Closed Date: Oct. 16, 1967

This case is part of the Clearinghouse Special Collection on the events and litigation leading up to and surrounding the famous Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. This suit and United States v. McLeod precipitated after a series of events in Selma, AL, briefly described below. The Dallas County Voters League ("League") sought to encourage local black citizens to register to vote. Early in 1963, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sent volunteers to Selma to assist with a vote…