D.C. lawyers demonstrate power of tenacity
Legal team fights for protesters’ rights Reprinted from The Washington Post When Carl Messineo and Mara Verheyden-Hilliard sued the District on behalf of hundreds of…
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Phone-card case tests D.C. consumer law
Fight over D.C. consumer protection law Reprinted from The National Law Journal Alan Grayson has never claimed he was harmed by AT&T Corp. or the…
Victory in major class-action protest impact litigation
Class action impact litigation brought by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund on behalf of more than 1000 people including demonstrators, journalists, tourists and passersby…
April 2000 IMF Mass False Arrests
Class action impact litigation brought by the PCJF on behalf of more than 700 people, including demonstrators, journalists, tourists and passersby led to major and substantive reform in police policies and practices in the handling of mass demonstrations in Washington, D.C. The $13.7 million settlement was the then-largest protest settlement in the history of the U.S.
D.C. to Pay $450,000 to War Protesters Over 2002 Interrogation
FBI also involved in questioning at parking garage during rally Reprinted from Washington Post The District agreed to pay $450,000 Monday to eight war protesters…
PCJF Demands Information About Imprisonment, Interrogation, and Death of Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi
Detainee’s statements derived under torture used to sell the Iraq invasion The PCJF demanded today information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) from the…
Exposed: FBI Surveillance of School of the Americas Watch
The FBI flagrantly abused its counter-terrorism authority to conduct a widespread surveillance and monitoring operation of School of Americas Watch (SOAW), a nonviolent activist organization. Hundreds of pages of documents obtained by the PCJF, on behalf of SOAW, once again revealed the FBI’s functioning as a political surveillance and intelligence operation and its use of its domestic terrorism authority against peaceful protest in the U.S.
FOIA Complaint (National Mall) – 2008
Read MoreFOIA Complaint (National Mall) – 2008The Fight for the Great Lawn of Central Park
A legal battle waged by the PCJF resulted in a settlement in which New York City was required to establish a constitutionally valid permitting scheme for protests in Central Park. It was also required to undertake a feasibility study into the optimum and sustainable use of the Great Lawn and what efforts could be undertaken to maximize the availability of the lawn for large events including First Amendment protected rallies and demonstrations.
Federal Court Rules for Inauguration Day Free Speech Lawsuit
After Loss to Protestors, Government Issues Suspect Regulations In a substantial free speech victory, the Partnership for Civil Justice has succeeded in overturning the National…
Groups Sue Department of Interior for Release of National Mall Records
Complaint argues that the Bush Administration is illegally withholding documents A lawsuit filed in federal court today argues that the Bush Administration is illegally withholding…
2005 Bush Inauguration: Rights of Protesters Violated, Judge Rules
Reprinted from The Washington Post By Carol D. LeonnigFriday, March 21, 2008; B03 The Bush administration violated the public’s right to free speech by keeping…