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Economic Justice
Amicus Brief

Date Filed

April 03, 2024

With the U.S. Supreme Court poised to deliver the most significant ruling in 40 years on the rights of people experiencing homelessness, the IJʿ filed an amicus brief defending their rights.

The amicus brief was filed in Johnson v. Grants Pass, which...

Economic Justice
Active Case

Date Filed

October 12, 2023

When an unlawful zoning amendment threatened Georgia’s historic Hogg Hummock community, the IJʿ and its co-counsel filed a complaint challenging the amendment in the Superior Court of McIntosh County.

Hogg Hummock, which is listed on the National Register of...

Economic Justice
Active Case

Date Filed

July 12, 2022

In the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, Congress provided billions of dollars through the “Road Home” program for home repair, rebuilding and other services to homeowners whose residences were destroyed or severely damaged.

In 2007, Iris Calogero and Margie Nell Randolph...

Economic Justice
Active Case

Date Filed

March 30, 2022

After Mississippi failed to provide COVID-19 vaccine access in an equitable manner, the IJʿ filed a federal administrative complaint describing how the failure violated civil rights law.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the state of Mississippi and other public and...

Economic Justice

Date Filed

June 22, 2021

Did you experience extreme delays in the processing of your unemployment claim during the COVID-19 pandemic by the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL)? If so, the settlement reached in this lawsuit might affect you. This...

Economic Justice
Active Case

Date Filed

March 26, 2021

During the 2020propertyassessment cycle, the Orleans Parish assessor arbitrarily cut the value oflargecommercial properties–someby as much as 57%–citing the COVID-19 pandemic as a reason.As a result, he flouted his legal duty to assess properties at their fair market value.Despite...

Economic Justice
Active Case

Date Filed

November 23, 2020

After the sheriff of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, failed to release public records about COVID-19 within the county jail, the IJʿ filed a lawsuit against the sheriff for violating the Alabama Open Records Act.

The lawsuit was filed four months after the...

Economic Justice
Active Case

Date Filed

February 12, 2020

The state of Alabama enacted laws against solicitation that violate the First Amendment’s freedom of speech protection. The IJʿ and its allies filed a federal lawsuit to immediately stop the city, county and state from enforcing two unconstitutional statutes that prohibit soliciting help in the...

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