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Norris v. U.S., No. 15-10390 (11th Cir.) (820 F.3d 1261) (April 25, 2016) (Judge William H. Jr. Pryor)
Article • August 22, 2016 • from P&J August, 2016
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Racial Bias
Norris v. U.S., No. 15-10390 (11th Cir.) (820 F.3d 1261) (April 25, 2016) (Judge William H. Jr. Pryor) by In November, 2010, former District Judge Jack Tarpley Camp, Jr. of the N.D.Ga. resigned from the bench, after serving as a Federal Judge for more than 23 years. His resignation came …
Ortega-Melendres v. Arpaio, No. CV-07-2315-PHX-GMS (D.Ariz.) ( F.Supp.2d ) (December 23, 2011) (Judge G. Murray Snow)
Article • January 9, 2012 • from P&J January, 2012
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Injunctions/Injunctive Relief
Ortega-Melendres v. Arpaio, No. CV-07-2315-PHX-GMS (D.Ariz.) ( F.Supp.2d ) (December 23, 2011) (Judge G. Murray Snow) by It’s been a tough couple of weeks for Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, AZ, the man who loves to call himself “America’s Toughest Sheriff” and the man who others call “America’s Most …
Giron v. City of Alexander, No. 4:07-CV-00568 GTE (E.D.Ark.) (693 F.Supp.2d 904) (March 5, 2010) (Judge Garnett Thomas Eisele)
Article • August 9, 2010 • from P&J August, 2010
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Compensatory and Punitive Damages
Giron v. City of Alexander, No. 4:07-CV-00568 GTE (E.D.Ark.) (693 F.Supp.2d 904) (March 5, 2010) (Judge Garnett Thomas Eisele) by As the nation grapples with a growing surge of anti-immigrant legislation, this thoughtful decision by the distinguished Senior District Judge Garnett Thomas Eisele, Jr. of the E.D.Ark. is a timely …
Anderson v. Cornejo, No. 97 C 7556 (N.D.Ill.) (284 F.Supp.2d 1008) (September 4, 2003) (Judge William T. Hart)
Article • December 1, 2003 • from P&J December, 2003
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Racial/Ethnic Bias/Profiling
Anderson v. Cornejo, No. 97 C 7556 (N.D.Ill.) (284 F.Supp.2d 1008) (September 4, 2003) (Judge William T. Hart) by In this long pending suit against the U.S. Customs Service for racial profiling of black women at the Chicago airport, Judge Hart declined to grant some of the defendants' motions to …
White v. Williams, No. 99-CV-2240 (JAP) (D.N.J.) (179 F.Supp.2d 405) (January 9, 2002) (Judge Joel M. Pisano)
Article • December 1, 2001 • from P&J December, 2001
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Racial/Ethnic Bias/Profiling
White v. Williams, No. 99-CV-2240 (JAP) (D.N.J.) (179 F.Supp.2d 405) (January 9, 2002) (Judge Joel M. Pisano) by In a significant victory for black motorists suing over alleged “racial profiling” by New Jersey state troopers, District Judge Pisano ruled that former New Jersey Attorney General Peter Veniero - who now …
U.S. v. Nelson, No. 98-1231 (2nd Cir.) (277 F.3d 164) (January 7, 2002) (Judge Guido Calabresi)
Article • December 1, 2001 • from P&J December, 2001
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Racial/Ethnic Bias/Profiling
U.S. v. Nelson, No. 98-1231 (2nd Cir.) (277 F.3d 164) (January 7, 2002) (Judge Guido Calabresi) by In this high-profile case, a divided panel from the Second Circuit ordered a new trial for two black men who had been convicted in Federal court of civil rights violations in the fatal …
Chavez v. Illinois State Police, No. 99-3691 (7th Cir.) (251 F.3d 612) (May 23, 2001) (Judge Michael S. Kanne)
Article • July 1, 2001 • from P&J July, 2001
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Racial/Ethnic Bias/Profiling
Chavez v. Illinois State Police, No. 99-3691 (7th Cir.) (251 F.3d 612) (May 23, 2001) (Judge Michael S. Kanne) by Here the Court ruled that plaintiffs may use statistics to show that troopers engaged in racial profiling by treating members of plaintiffs' class differently than other motorists similarly situated but …
Brown v. City of Oneonta, New York, No. 98-9375 (2nd Cir.) (235 F.3d 769) (December 18, 2000) (Judge John M. Jr. Walker)
Article • February 1, 2001 • from P&J February, 2001
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Racial/Ethnic Bias/Profiling
Brown v. City of Oneonta, New York, No. 98-9375 (2nd Cir.) (235 F.3d 769) (December 18, 2000) (Judge John M. Jr. Walker) by The five separate decisions in this case reflect how extraordinarily sensitive and explosive charges of racial profiling can be. Here those charges set off an old-fashioned judicial …
U.S. v. Montero-Camargo, No. 97-50643 (9th Cir.) (208 F.3d 1122) (April 11, 2000) (Judge Stephen Reinhardt)
Article • March 1, 2000 • from P&J March, 2000
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Racial/Ethnic Bias/Profiling
U.S. v. Montero-Camargo, No. 97-50643 (9th Cir.) (208 F.3d 1122) (April 11, 2000) (Judge Stephen Reinhardt) by The Ninth Circuit strikes back! Perhaps tired of its label as the Circuit most reversed by the Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit sharply challenged the Supreme Court by holding in this case that …
Hodgers-Durgin v. De La Vina, No. 97-16449 (9th Cir.) (199 F.3d 1037) (December 21, 1999) (Judge William A. Fletcher)
Article • February 1, 2000 • from P&J February, 2000
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Racial/Ethnic Bias/Profiling
Hodgers-Durgin v. De La Vina, No. 97-16449 (9th Cir.) (199 F.3d 1037) (December 21, 1999) (Judge William A. Fletcher) by Here the Ninth Circuit (in an en banc decision) reversed a panel’s previous decision to grant injunctive relief to a group of plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against the …
Maryland Conf. of NAACP v. Maryland Dept. of Police, No. CIV. CCB-98-1098 (D.Md.) (72 F.Supp.2d 560) (September 30, 1999) (Judge Catherine C. Blake)
Article • January 1, 2000 • from P&J January, 2000
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Racial/Ethnic Bias/Profiling
Maryland Conf. of NAACP v. Maryland Dept. of Police, No. CIV. CCB-98-1098 (D.Md.) (72 F.Supp.2d 560) (September 30, 1999) (Judge Catherine C. Blake) by In this case Judge Blake held that a branch of the NAACP had standing to bring a class action suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in …
Hodgers-Durgin v. De La Vina, No. 97-16449 (9th Cir.) (165 F.3d 667) (January 12, 1999) (Judge John S. Sr. Rhoades)
Article • March 1, 1999 • from P&J March, 1999
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Racial/Ethnic Bias/Profiling
Hodgers-Durgin v. De La Vina, No. 97-16449 (9th Cir.) (165 F.3d 667) (January 12, 1999) (Judge John S. Sr. Rhoades) by While most of the decision in this case deals with the jurisdictional requirements, under Rule 23 of the Fed.R.Civ.P., for bringing a class action lawsuit, it is noted here …
U.S. v. Leviner, No. 97-10260 (D.Mass.) (31 F.Supp.2d 23) (December 22, 1998) (Judge Nancy Gertner)
Article • January 1, 1999 • from P&J January, 1999
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Racial/Ethnic Bias/Profiling
U.S. v. Leviner, No. 97-10260 (D.Mass.) (31 F.Supp.2d 23) (December 22, 1998) (Judge Nancy Gertner) by This case is noted because it has been called the first decision in the country to grant a downward departure because the defendant's criminal history may have been improperly inflated by racial disparities. In …