March 05, 2021
A New York federal judge awarded millions of dollars in attorney fees Friday to the NAACP after a Hudson Valley school district was found to be blocking minority voters' preferred candidates from the school board, while criticizing how much the school district paid its counsel at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.
January 06, 2021
The Second Circuit on Wednesday affirmed the NAACP's win in a bench trial over a Hudson Valley school district's effective block of Black and Latino voters' preferred candidates from the school board, supporting the finding that the district violated the Voting Rights Act.
May 26, 2020
A New York federal judge ruled Monday that a Hudson Valley school district violated the Voting Rights Act by effectively blocking black and Latino voters' preferred candidates from the school board, ordering a halt to the practice of allowing every voter to cast a vote for every board seat.