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Judge Says No to Mattel's Effort to Stop Artist's Photographic Critiques of Barbie

LOS ANGELES - Federal Judge Ronald Lew firmly signaled to Mattel today that its efforts to quash an artist's free speech rights through litigation will most likely not succeed.

September 25, 2000

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Tells Los Angeles It Cannot Enforce Its Solicitation Restriction

LOS ANGELES The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld a preliminary injunction that stops the City of Los Angeles from enforcing its unconstitutional "aggressive solicitation" ban.

September 22, 2000

Families Win Change in Welfare Policy

LOS ANGELES - The effect of California's welfare reform policies will be less punitive and capricious as a result of a settlement approved by the court yesterday in Nickols v. Saenz, a lawsuit filed by civil rights groups on behalf of poor women and children statewide.

September 15, 2000

Back to School Without Texts: Civil Rights Groups Demand an Account

LOS ANGELES - Civil rights groups filed a motion today to require that the State of California ascertain whether public school students have textbooks to use in class and at home in each of their core subjects.

September 12, 2000

Lauding Recent Asylum Decision For Gay Man

LOS ANGELES ? On August 24, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted asylum to Geovani Hernandez-Montiel. After being expelled from school, beaten by a mob and sexually assaulted by police in his Mexican homeland, the 21-year-old gay man sought asylum in the United States.

August 25, 2000

ACLU Sues LAPD For Attacks on Press-UPDATE

LOS ANGELES - The ACLU of Southern California filed suit in federal court today against the Los Angeles Police Department for its attacks last Monday, August 14, on members of the media during their coverage of protests at the Democratic National Convention.

August 21, 2000