Civil Rights

Brown v. Plata

Sidley Austin

Sidley Austin LLP represented California prisons in Brown v. Plata, a landmark prison law case. The court below found that overcrowding in California prisons …

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City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Gibson Dunn represented the City of Grants Pass in a Supreme Court case allowing for criminal punishments, including fines and jail times, for unhoused …

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Haaland v. Brackeen

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Gibson Dunn provided pro bono representation to the plaintiffs in Haaland v. Brackeen, who sought to overturn the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). Congress …

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Miguel Luna Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools et al, No. 21-887

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Skadden represents Sturgis Public Schools in a lawsuit filed against it by Miguel Luna Perez, a former student. The school did not provide Mr. …

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Nikki Grae v. Corrections Corporation of America et al

Latham & Watkins

Latham represented CoreCivic, a private prison company, in a securities class action alleging that the company failed to warn the market of the risk …

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