A Lower Saucon Township couple say their sons have endured racial slurs and race-related attacks in Saucon Valley schools and administrators have failed to protect them. Kerry and Sheila MacLean sued the school district in federal court over race-related events they said they have logged since they moved into the school district in 2013. According to the lawsuit, their high school- and middle …
A man detained by immigration agents in Chicago field a lawsuit against a federal agency Tuesday claiming he did not receive proper medical care while in custody. Wilmer Catalan-Ramirez sat in a wheelchair while his attorney and Immigration Customs and Enforcement attorneys argued over whether he has received proper care. In January, Catalan-Ramirez was partially paralyzed from a drive-by …
It’s claimed it was anything but innocent. And 49 years later, Paul Eberz, of Freehold, New Jersey, has come out from the shadows to …
A two-year dispute over California’s Department of Motor Vehicles voter registration procedures has again landed the agency in court. On Tuesday, a coalition of voting rights groups filed a federal lawsuit alleging DMV officials still require drivers renewing their registration by mail to fill out a separate card if they also want to register to vote. That separate step, the lawsuit said, …
A day after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the controversial anti-sanctuary law, El Paso County Commissioners Court met in closed session to discuss possibly challenging the law in court. County Judge Veronica Escobar declined to provide details on the discussion, but did not rule out a possible lawsuit challenging the law that allows local police officers and sheriff deputies to question people on their immigration status. The law …
NASHVILLE DEBATES IMMIGRATION ISSUESVideo:Donald Trump addresses blocked travel ban during Nashville rally | 1:05 A federal judge in Hawaii has blocked President Donald Trump’s new travel ban on Wednesday afternoon, hours before the ban was set to go into effect. Kyleah Starling/The Tennessean A federal judge in Hawaii has blocked President Donald Trump’s new travel ban on Wednesday afternoon, …
A Philadelphia businessman has won a series of court rulings that could clear the way for long-delayed lawsuits seeking more than $70 million against U.S. Bank, which he claims destroyed his company in a dispute over unpaid loans. The cases involve as much as $12 million that businessman Maury Rosenberg owed the bank, which through an affiliate loaned money to his company, National Medical …
Betty Tucker had invited a few guests over for a cookout in the garden of her Canton, Miss., home when two plainclothes sheriff’s deputies walked into her home. Even though they didn’t have a warrant, they came in, checked her pockets and the pockets of her guests, searched her patio on their hands and knees, and then left. It wasn’t much different for Quinetta Manning.
The family of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, the teenager who was shot by a now-former Balch Springs police officer, have filed suit against the city, department and the officer. The lawsuit by the Edwards family, filed in Dallas on Friday, claims Roy Oliver used excessive and deadly force while on the call and lacked proper training in his job as a police officer for the City of Balch Springs. Oliver was …
Actress Daryl Hannah (C) joins protesters with Americans Against Fracking during a noon time protest in front of the White House in Washington, August 22, 2013. The group is urging U.S. President Barack Obama to ban hydraulic fracturing on public lands. (REUTERS/Larry Downing) Enviro Lawsuit Effectivly Bans Fracking In 1 Million Acres Of California The federal government effectively banned …