Oct 30, 2014 | News Releases, PP Voting Rights, Public Policy
MALDEF POSITION ON ILLINOIS BALLOT PROPOSITIONS Although midterm elections too often receive less attention than presidential elections, this November, voters nationwide will cast ballots to elect significant state and national leaders. In addition, important ballot...
Oct 27, 2014 | Court Cases Employment, News Releases
SANTA ANA, CA – The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California once again rejected a request for a new trial in the Flores v. City of Westminster case late last week. Additionally, the Court denied the Defendant's claims that there was not...
Oct 24, 2014 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
SANTA FE, NM – Yesterday, Judge Sarah Singleton, in the First Judicial District Court of New Mexico, rejected the State's Motion to Dismiss in Martinez v. State of New Mexico, a case brought by MALDEF on behalf of parents and students who are low-income, English...
Oct 14, 2014 | News Releases, PP Voting Rights, Public Policy
MALDEF POSITION ON OREGON BALLOT PROPOSITIONS Although midterm elections too often receive less attention than presidential elections, this November, voters nationwide will cast ballots to elect significant state and national leaders. In addition, important ballot...
Oct 11, 2014 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
BAKERSFIELD, CA – A coalition of civil rights legal advocates, including MALDEF, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., Equal Justice Society, and Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc., today filed suit in Kern County Superior Court to compel Kern High...
