Civil Rights

United States v. Vaello-Madero

First Circuit Affirms that Unequal Federal Benefits Program in Puerto Rico Violates Fifth Amendment.

White Glove Staffing, Inc. v. Methodist Hospitals of Dallas

Fifth Circuit Holds that Corporations Have Standing to Sue for Racial Discrimination Under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 Without Requiring Proof of an Imputed Racial Identity.

Comcast Corp. v. National Ass’n of African American–Owned Media

Expungement of Criminal Convictions: An Empirical Study

• J.J. Prescott
• Sonja B. Starr

Kollaritsch v. Michigan State University Board of Trustees

Sixth Circuit Requires Further Harassment in Deliberate Indifference Claims.

White v. Square, Inc.

California Supreme Court Holds that a Transaction Is Not Required to Sue Online Service Providers for Discrimination.

Hernandez v. United States

Second Circuit Rules State Constitutional Torts Not Cognizable Under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Kelsay v. Ernst

Eighth Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Officer Who Performed Takedown Maneuver on Nonviolent, Nonthreatening, Nonfleeing Misdemeanant.

Taylor v. Burlington Northern Railroad Holdings, Inc.

Washington Supreme Court Holds Obesity Is an Impairment.