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...with ordering the killings of 67 civilians four years ago. The suits, filed with other human rights lawyers, are among the most high-profile cases in the 24-year history of the Law School’s Human Rights Program, the clinic’s parent organization. The 10 plaintiffs??all Bolivian natives—are seeking compensatory damages against Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada y Sánchez Bustamante, the ex-president of Bolivia, and Jose Carlos Sánchez Berzaín, the former minister of defense. According to the lawsuits, Sánchez...
Panelists warned yesterday that rulings by the court in these two cases in favor of the plaintiffs??who claim that the school districts’ policies of using ethnicity as a factor in school admittances is unconstitutional—would effectively reverse the precedent that Brown established...
...said. Under the agreement, the MBTA will also replace unreliable wheelchair lifts, train MBTA employees to aid the disabled with feedback from handicapped riders themselves, and create the position of assistant general manager for accessibility. The settlement also stipulates that the MBTA cover all or a portion of the plaintiffs?? legal fees, which remain undisclosed, The Boston Globe reported earlier this week. According to Doucette, the plaintiffs will not be receiving any compensatory damages from the suit. Doucette said she was happy with the outcome. “I am very pleased with the settlement because I believe...
...await a judge’s ruling. Though courts have awarded plaintiffs billions of dollars in judgments under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), a 1976 law that allows citizens to sue foreign nations in U.S. courts for acts of terror, few nations actually pay the damages. The plaintiffs?? legal maneuver—focusing on a university—is an unprecedented compensatory strategy that could be consequential for museums and universities across the U.S.LAYING DOWN THE LAWThe plaintiffs are a group of nine U.S. citizens. Five—including Jenny Rubin, for whom the suit is named?...
...it—there was an atmosphere immediately after the riot that would make it preposterous to assume that our clients could have filed [suit in the 1920s],” said Michele A. Roberts, an attorney at the Washington, D.C.-based firm Shea & Gardner who served on the plaintiffs?? legal team along with Ogletree and Johnnie Cochran...