civil rights case
Equality court battle
A civil rights case is a legal proceeding involving alleged violations of constitutionally or statutorily protected rights—typically claims of discrimination based on race, sex, religion, or disability.
Such cases may be brought against governments or private parties: The ACLU took on the civil rights case pro bono.
The term evokes landmark litigation from the American civil rights movement but applies broadly to any lawsuit asserting protected freedoms.
- lawsuitCivil court proceeding
- class actionLawsuit filed for many
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- segregationForced separation by group
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- court rulingsrulings, divorce decree, judgments, annulment, verdicts
- Federal Courtsfederal court, federal courts, district court, district courts, circuit court
- civil lawproperty disputes, Napoleonic Code, litigation, damage claims, codification
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Government's legal action against accused
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