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Texas Lawyer

New Lawyer's Caseload in 1966: Private Clubs, Separate Schools

"I don't think we've had a total success. When you read a story about Donald Sterling on the West Coast, you know there is latent bigotry and racism in our country," Marvin Nathan said in reference to a recording of remarks allegedly made by the Los Angeles Clippers owner.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

An Insider's Look at the LBJ White House: Civil Rights to Vietnam

Texas Gov. "John Connally didn't think all of the provisions of that law should pass. But once it was passed he said, 'It's the law of the land, and it's going to be enforced in this state,'" said Larry Temple.
21 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Prying Open Denison's Schoolhouse Doors: Inside the Courtroom for the Desegregation Fight

In his concluding remarks, plaintiffs lawyer Weldon H. Berry told U.S. District Judge Joe W. Sheehy that "the fact that the board waited nine years" after Brown to start to integrate Denison schools "is a mockery of justice. I cannot see how a person in good conscience could say the board needed nine years to study this problem."
15 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Quinnipiac Accused Of Title IX Violation After Firing Of Coach

Quinnipiac University is once again under fire for the handling of its women's athletics program. One year after reaching a settlement in a federal lawsuit brought after the Hamden-based school tried to eliminate its women's volleyball team, Quinnipiac now faces a second lawsuit.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Fired College Coach Alleges Title IX Violations

Quinnipiac University is once again embroiled in a legal dispute involving its women's athletics program. One year after settling long-running litigation sparked by the school's attempt to eliminate its women's volleyball team, the Hamden school now faces a lawsuit filed by a former women's softball coach who testified for the plaintiffs in the initial case and was fired just three weeks after its completion.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Horne v. United States Department of Agriculture

4 minute read

Law.com

Ra Diggs' Rap Videos Will Be Admitted in His Murder Trial

The videos made by an alleged gang leader are admissible at his upcoming trial, but so are the views of a defense expert who will testify that gangsta rap is not necessarily a statement of truth, a federal judge has ruled.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Discrimination Class Action Filed Against University of Michigan

A 20-year-old student at The University of Michigan-Dearborn has filed a class action against the university's Board of Regents, claiming he was wrongfully denied in-state tuition because of his family's international ties.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

What Is It Like to Practice as an African-American Attorney in 2014?

W J. Durham was a dapper gentleman, scholarly and polite, who began his practice in Sherman 1926 and later practiced in Dallas in the 1940s, '50s and '60s. At one point, his law office was burned to the ground.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Suit Challenging Miami Shores' Ban on Front-Lawn Vegetable Gardens Stands

Score one for homegrown peppers and lettuce. A judge refuses to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Miami Shores' ban on front-yard vegetable gardens.
2 minute read

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