by Associated Press Published: April 17,2013
Tags: discrimination, federal government, home, house, housing, land, lawsuit, property, real estate, residence, settlement
MAGEE — The U.S. Department of Justice says a Mississippi company will pay a $27,000 settlement in a housing discrimination lawsuit. M.M. and S. Inc. agreed, according to a press release, to pay $20,000 to a family for refusing to rent a home to them, and a civil penalty of $7,000 to the United States. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 27,2013
Tags: bench, case, court, discrimination, election, federal government, federal law, justice, lawsuit, pre-clearance, race, state government, vote, voter, Voting, voting right
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is wrestling with the fate of a section of a landmark civil rights law that has helped millions of Americans exercise their right to vote. In an argument at the court, liberal and conservative justices engaged in a sometimes tense back and forth over whether there is an ongoing need [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 21,2012
Tags: agency, bench, court, decision, desegration, discrimination, education, education lementary education, federal, government, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, plan, race, racial discrimination, school district, school public dschool, secondary education, segregation
CLEVELAND — A federal judge says he will rule after the first of the year on proposals to desegregate two schools in the Cleveland School District. The Bolivar Commercial reports U.S. District Judge Glenn H. Davidson told attorneys after a hearing in Oxford that he wanted to give the Department of Justice time to review [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 20,2012
Tags: air, airline, aviation, bench, case, convention, court, discrimination, employee, employment, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, meeting, tourism, tourist, transportation, travel, visitor, work, worker
TUPELO — Tupelo Regional Airport officials have asked a federal judge in Oxford to throw out a job discrimination lawsuit. The lawsuit filed by former airport executive director Terry Anderson is scheduled for trial on April 8. WTVA-TV in Tupelo reports the airport board argues it had legitimate reasons to fire Anderson in December of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 20,2012
Tags: court, discrimination, district, election, govertnment, judge, judicial, justice, law, lawmaker, legal, legislation, legislator, Legislature, plan, Politics, redistricting, representation, state government, vote, voter, Voting
JACKSON — Three federal judges say they won’t redraw Mississippi’s legislative districts or order the state to hold a new round of elections in 2013. The order came yesterday in a lawsuit that the state chapter of the NAACP had filed earlier to challenge state House and Senate redistricting. Legislative maps have to be updated [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 20,2012
Tags: crime, criminal, discrimination, employee, employer, employment, hire, hiring, illegal immigrant, immigration, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, work, worker
LAUREL — A federal judge has set an opt-out deadline of Nov. 29 for those eligible for part of a proposed, $1.3-million class-action settlement alleging discriminatory hiring practices at Howard Industries, which was the target of the largest U.S. workplace raid on illegal immigrants. The discrimination was filed by four black women who claimed the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 6,2012
Tags: appeal, athlete, athletics, bench, coach, court, decision, discrimination, employer, employment, higher education, job, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, reverse, ruling, sexual harrassment, sports, trial, university
HATTIESBURG — The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled against three former University of Southern Mississippi soccer coaches who claimed sexual harassment and sexual discrimination. The Hattiesburg American reports the ruling reversed a 2008 Forrest County Circuit verdict that awarded a total of $1.2 million in damages to the coaches. The Supreme Court found insufficient evidence [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 26,2012
Tags: association, bench, case, court, discrimination, district, federal government, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, redistricting, state government, trial, vote, voter, Voting, voting district
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers are going to federal court to oppose a lawsuit the state NAACP filed over redistricting. The suit seeks to block new state House and Senate districts that were drawn by lawmakers earlier this year and approved by the U.S. Justice Department in September. The suit by the state chapter of the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 16,2012
Tags: association, court, discrimination, district, election, federal government, group, lawsuit, organization, party, political, politican, Politics, poll, race, redistricting, state government, vote, voter, Voting
JACKSON — Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann has released a statement following the NAACP’s legal action regarding redistricting. Hosemann wrote: “It has always been my position the Mississippi Legislature should be able to redistrict itself and not the federal courts. The Mississippi House and Senate adopted fair redistricting plans that even received approval by the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 4,2012
Tags: adult entertainment, case, court, dancer, discrimination, employer, employment, job, judge, judicial, judiciary, lawsuit, race, Strip club, stripper, work, worker
JACKSON — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a federal lawsuit against a Mississippi strip club that it says discriminated against black dancers. The lawsuit alleges that Danny’s Cabaret in Jackson forced black dancers to work less lucrative shifts than whites, subjected them to arbitrary fees and fines and excluded them from advertisements promoting [...] [...]
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