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MALDEF Files Civil Lawsuit On Behalf Of Migrants Detained And Assaulted By Border Vigilantes

Mar 5, 2005 | Court Cases Access to Justice, News Releases

TUCSON, AZ – MALDEF today filed a civil suit in federal court in Tucson, Arizona on behalf of a group of migrants who allege they were violently assaulted, battered, detained, and threatened with death by members of vigilante groups operating along the Arizona-Mexico...

Federal Court Rejects Vigilante Rancher’s Motion To Dismiss Civil Suit

Mar 3, 2005 | Court Cases Access to Justice, News Releases

MALDEF represents Latinos held at gunpoint by Barnett TUCSON, AZ – Today the United States District Court for Arizona denied several motions filed by border vigilante Roger Barnett in an effort to dismiss a civil suit brought against him by a group of sixteen Latino...

$40 Million Payment, Detailed Plan for Diversity in Employment Discrimination Suit Against Retail Giant Abercrombie & Fitch

Nov 16, 2004 | News Releases

(LOS ANGELES, November 16, 2004) Civil rights attorneys today announced the settlement of a class action lawsuit, Gonzalez v. Abercrombie & Fitch, requiring the retail clothing giant to pay $40 million dollars to Latino, African American, Asian American and women...

Abercrombie & Fitch Charged With Employment Discrimination In Federal Class Action Lawsuit

Jun 17, 2003 | Court Cases Employment, News Releases

Link to Lawsuit JUNE 17, 2003 – Civil rights attorneys today announced the filing of a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in San Francisco charging that the hiring and employment practices of Abercrombie & Fitch, one of the nation’s largest clothing...
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