Court Cases
Education
Employment
Immigrants’ Rights
MALDEF APPEALS COURT RULING IN DISCRIMINATORY LENDING CASE
PHOENIX – A Latino civil rights organization is appealing a district court decision to compel arbitration in a class-action lawsuit against a Texas credit union. The lawsuit challenged GECU Federal Credit Union’s (GECU) policy of unlawfully refusing to consider loans and financial services to certain immigrants because of their status rather than their credit-worthiness.
JUDGE ALLOWS IMMIGRANT STUDENTS TO INTERVENE TO DEFEND KENTUCKY TUITION POLICY
Voting Rights
MALDEF STATEMENT ON COURT INJUNCTION BLOCKING TEXAS’ MID-CYCLE REDISTRICTING PLAN
MALDEF REQUESTS EN BANC REHEARING IN ARKANSAS VOTING RIGHTS CASE
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. – A Latino civil rights group is seeking an en banc review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in a challenge to an Arkansas law that places a limit on who may assist voters at the polls, including those who are not proficient in English, according to papers filed last week.
Access to Justice
Freedom from open and obvious bias and racism
MALDEF FILES DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF TRANSGENDER VOLLEYBALL PLAYER DENIED SCHOLARSHIP
LOS ANGELES– A Latino civil rights organization is suing a private university and two collegiate athletic organizations for revoking a volleyball player’s scholarship offer and denying her eligibility because she is transgender, according to papers filed in federal...