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: The BLT: The Blog of Legal TimesHolder Recommits DOJ to Civil Rights at Awards Ceremony
By Jeff Jeffrey
Full post as published by The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times on June 16, 2009 (boomark / email).
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Law bans discrimination enacted under color of state law
Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause
Cumulative Voting
Protecting minority shareholder interests
State Will Statutes
State Differences in Last Will and Testament Checklist
Discrimination
Federal laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability
Gay Marriage Laws
Where same sex couples can marry
Rally Rights
Gettysburg Borough awards arrested protester $22,500 civil rights settlement.
Civil / Human Rights
alleging violations of basic human and civil rights.
Becker County
Faces Civil Rights Class Action by Inmates and their Attorneys
Free Speech
Canterbury agrees to pay $60,000 settlement in civil rights lawsuit.
Owasso, OK
$300,000 settlement reached in civil rights violations lawsuit.
Video Taping Arrest
Harris County pays wrongfully arrested brothers $1.7 million civil rights settlement.

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