Dec 3, 2007 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
Transfer provisions aimed at enforcing desegregation are in danger of being dismissed AUSTIN, TX – The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the nation’s leading Latino legal organization, will intervene on behalf of LULAC and the GI Forum to...
Nov 16, 2006 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
Dallas, TX– Yesterday, a federal judge ruled that the principal of Preston Hollow Elementary School in Dallas segregated minority students on the basis of their race in violation of the U.S. Constitution and ordered the principal to cease the segregation and pay...
Oct 12, 2006 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
School District Petition would have set back desegregation efforts WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, October 11, 2006, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) filed an amicus curiae (friend-of-the-court) brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of...
Aug 9, 2006 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
MALDEF alleges Latino and Anglo students kept in separate classrooms in Dallas public school DALLAS, TX – Today, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the nation’s leading Latino legal organization, starts the trial of its case against the...
Apr 18, 2006 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
Lawsuit alleges ESL used as a proxy to discriminate against minority students in Dallas public school SAN ANTONIO, TX – Today, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the nation’s leading Latino legal organization, filed suit in federal...
