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City Faces Trial for Blocking Protests on Central Park Lawn

Posted in Press Coverage · March 06, 2007 7:00 PM
A battle over whether the Great Lawn in Central Park is open to political protesters as well as opera is headed to a jury trial.

D.C. Settles Suit Over Vt & K Protest Arrests

Posted in Press Coverage · February 28, 2007 7:00 PM
$50,000 Payment to Each of Four Vt & K Arrestees Plus Attorneys Fees and Costs and Police Training and Notice of First Amendment Rights Required

Settlement Reached for Sept. 27 2002, Vt & K Arrests

Posted in News · February 27, 2007 7:00 PM
The Partnership for Civil Justice has reached a settlement with the District of Columbia over the false arrests and abusive detention of four people who were swept up by the police in a political round-up on September 27, 2002 at Vermont and K Streets N.W. during a protest against the IMF/World Bank and the then-threatened war in Iraq.

Police Agree to Protester Reforms

Posted in Press Coverage · November 21, 2006 7:00 PM
The D.C. police department agreed to pay $685,000 and take steps to protect protesters from police abuse and ensure their rights to settle a lawsuit over the treatment of demonstrators at President Bush's inauguration in 2001.

Civil Rights Group Settles With Police Over Inauguration Protests

Posted in Press Coverage · November 20, 2006 7:00 PM
Civil rights lawyers representing protesters at President Bush's 2001 inauguration announced a settlement Tuesday with District of Columbia police that includes changes in department policies for handling demonstrations.

Partnership for Civil Justice Settles Landmark Lawsuit Against D.C. Police

Posted in News · November 20, 2006 7:00 PM
The Partnership for Civil Justice announced a settlement of its landmark lawsuit against the District of Columbia and the Metropolitan Police Department that arose in connection with the demonstrations against the 2001 inauguration of George W Bush.

In Court Papers, A Political Note On '04 Protests

Posted in Press Coverage · July 30, 2006 8:00 PM
When city officials denied demonstrators access to the Great Lawn in Central Park during the 2004 Republican National Convention, political advocates and ordinary New Yorkers accused Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of squelching demonstrations that could embarrass fellow Republicans during their gathering.

The Fight for the Great Lawn of Central Park

Posted in Cases and Campaigns · June 04, 2004 10:00 AM
The Partnership for Civil Justice has announced the filing in Court of a landmark settlement agreement with the City of New York that strikes down key provisions of controversial and unconstitutional regulations aimed at restricting access to the Great Lawn of Central Park. Read more

G-8 Protest Organizer Finds Hurdles on Path to a Permit

Posted in Press Coverage · April 18, 2004 8:00 PM
Robert Randall never knew free speech could cost so much -- in dollars and in compromises -- until he tried to organize a demonstration for this summer's meeting of the major industrial nations.

Mass False Arrests: 2003 Miami FTAA Protests

Posted in Cases and Campaigns · December 01, 2003 9:00 AM
The PCJF, working as part of a team of attorneys from the National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Committee, has brought this action to challenge the mass false arrests of, and unreasonable force against, lawful demonstrators during the protests of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) in November 2003 in Miami. Read more

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