Case Files
Records from the litigation department documenting LDF's education, voting rights, criminal justice, and economic justice cases, ca. 1960s-present. The collection is organized into series by case name. Types of materials include court records such as briefs, orders, transcripts, affidavits, and appendices; correspondence; and working files such as drafts, research, attorneys' notes, and statistical data.
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| Content type | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Green v. New Kent County School Board | ||
| Milliken v. Bradley | Files documenting LDF's involvement in Milliken v. Bradley, a school desegregation case in Detroit, Michigan | |
| Thornburg v. Gingles | LDF's files from Thornburg v. Gingles, a 1986 landmark voting rights case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the system of at-large elections of state legislators in North Carolina illegally dilutes Black voting strength in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Court affirmed that minority vote dilution violates the Voting Rights Act regardless of whether there is proof of discriminatory intent. | |
| Thompson v. Raiford | ||
| Sheff v. O'Neill | ||
| Chisom v. Roemer | ||
| Dillard v. Crenshaw | ||
| Bozeman & Wilder | ||
| McCleskey v. Kemp | ||
| Major v. Treen | ||
| Campaign to Save our Public Hospitals v. Giuliani | ||
| LULAC and Houston Lawyers Association v. Attorney General of Texas | ||
| Cromartie v. Hunt | ||
| Mobile v. Bolden | ||
| Bradley v. Milliken Work Folder (WF) No. 1 | ||
| Furman v. Georgia | ||
| Matthews v. Kizer | ||
| Alexander v. Holmes |