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New Orleans - The ACLU of Louisiana announces a favorable settlement in the case of student teacher Cynthia Thompson versus Southeastern Louisiana University and the Tangipahoa Parish School Board. SLU will remove the failing grade on the student teaching course from her transcript and allow her
NEW ORLEANS - The ACLU Foundation of Louisiana has today sponsored a lawsuit against New Orleans Police Chief Warren Riley for denying access to public records. It stems from repeated requests over a number of months to get documents regarding racial profiling issues and excessive use of force c
NEW ORLEANS - Citing violations of basic civil rights after Katrina hit the unevacuated and ultimately flooded Orleans Parish Prison (OPP), the ACLU of Louisiana will file a federal lawsuit today on behalf of OPP inmate Ronnie L.
NEW ORLEANS - The ACLU of Louisiana was literally on the way to the courthouse yesterday when the City of New Orleans and Mayor C.
NEW ORLEANS, LA - A report released today by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) found that the more than 6,000 prisoners held at Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) during Katrina were trapped in flooded cells, some with contaminated water up to their chests, no food or water and little ventilatio
DENHAM SPRINGS, LA -- The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Louisiana today announced victory in a lawsuit filed on behalf of thirteen-year-old eighth grader Michelle Selden who sought to have the same educational opportunities as boys.