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New York Law Journal

Smith v. Town of Hempstead

Issues Exist If Woman Was Member of Town Clerk's Personal Staff Exempt From Title VII
2 minute read

The Recorder

George v. Edholm

5 minute read

The Recorder

Plata v. Brown

5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Landlord Ordered to Pay Damages After Family Denied Unit

A Brooklyn landlord whose son-in-law allegedly told a potential tenant that children were unwelcome in an apartment has been ordered to pay $5,000 in damages and undergo anti-discrimination training.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Column: Commemorating Brown at 60, Pursuing Our Unfinished Agenda

No decision the court has rendered in the last one hundred years has had a more profound and lasting impact than Brown. And yet, as much as we rightfully see ourselves as keepers of Brown's legacy, with six decades behind us, we also know that the court's opinions in Brown, and its companion cases were fundamentally flawed.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Jones' Same-Sex Marriage Decision Shows Judges Can Bridge Cultural Divides

Some judges have a good sense of history when dealing with big cases. Rather than passing the buck to a higher court, or puffing up and delivering self-indulgent decisions, they write an opinion that not only makes important law, but makes it easier for society to absorb historical shifts.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Fund v. City of New York

Mandatory Younger Abstention Prevents Court From Hearing Bias Charge Against City Agency
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Thomas v. U.S. Airways, PICS Case No. 14-0802 (E.D. Pa. May 13, 2014) O'Neill, J. (13 pages).

Civil Conspiracy • 42 U.S.C. §§1983, 1985 • "Color of Law" • Punitive Damages
4 minute read

The Recorder

Wood v. Moss

7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

PBA Gets in Under Wire With Marriage Equality Resolution

Just five days before U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III of the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued his ruling overturning the state's ban on same-sex marriage, the Pennsylvania Bar Association approved a resolution stating it "endorses full marriage equality for all same-sex couples, spouses and their families residing in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania."
6 minute read

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