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...news of the arrest, local civil rights leader E.D. Nixon exclaimed, "My God, look what segregation has put in my hands!" Parks was not only above moral reproach (securely married, reasonably employed) but possessed a quiet fortitude as well as political savvy--in short, she was the ideal plaintiff for a test case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Torchbearer ROSA PARKS | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...fourth-grader and me. But last week the court ruled that schools are obligated to protect students from aggressive sexual harassment, and suddenly my daughter and I were talking jurisprudence. Our interest in the case of Davis v. Monroe County School Board was sparked by the story of the plaintiff, LaShonda Davis, a fifth-grader who was repeatedly groped and propositioned by a boy in her class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexual Bullying | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

Both sides have submitted statements to Middlesex Superior Court, and the case, filed last December, has not yet gone to court. The plaintiff, Dinah K. Bodkin, has demanded monetary compensation for all professional and personal damage--an amount initially estimated...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Former HMS Researcher Sues University | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

Both sides have submitted statements to Middlesex Superior Court, and the case, filed last December, has not yet gone to court. The plaintiff, Dinah K. Bodkin, has demanded monetary compensation for all professional and personal damage--an amount initially estimated...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Former Researcher Sues University | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...substantially from their original explanation of the attack. Sudan's tarnished reputation may have minimized the political fallout from the strike, but Mr. Idris's lawyers believe they may have enough evidence to take the government to court. Then again, a jury may not be too sympathetic to a plaintiff whose own experts concede that many of his business interests are linked with Sudan's Military Industrial Corporation -- considered by the U.S. to be running that country's chemical weapons program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sudan Strike Still Nags at U.S. | 2/9/1999 | See Source »

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