Apr 3, 2014 | News Releases, Voting Rights
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Val Verde Unified School District (Val Verde USD) Board of Education voted unanimously last night to move from an at-large to a district-based election system for Board of Education elections. “In this era of increased community...
Apr 3, 2014 | News Releases, Voting Rights
LOS ANGELES, CA – MALDEF today sent a letter to Merced, California Mayor Stan Thurston warning that the use of an at-large election system for the election of candidates to the Merced City Council is in violation of the California Voting Rights Act of 2001...
Apr 2, 2014 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO – In the first case of its kind filed in the State, MALDEF today filed a lawsuit, Louise Martinez v State of New Mexico, seeking to establish education as a fundamental right and to ensure that New Mexico's at-risk children are provided a...
Mar 22, 2014 | Court Cases Employment, News Releases
CHICAGO, IL – Today, MALDEF filed suit, in federal court in the Northern District of Illinois, against Illinois nut processing company, John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (aka Fisher Nuts), for violating the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and unlawfully terminating...
Mar 15, 2014 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
BALTIMORE, MD – Crisfield, Maryland Patrolman Lawrence Daisey this week answered a lawsuit filed against him for unlawfully arresting and detaining a 12-year-old who accidentally broke a laundromat window in Somerset County in December 2010. The suit, filed on...
