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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Louisiana Newsletter for Sunday December 22, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Fifth Circuit Rejects Qualified Immunity Defense, Allows Pigott V. Gintz to Continue
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights issued the following news release: NEW ORLEANS --The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Mr. Wesley Pigott and his two children, who were followed by an unmarked police car and held at gunpoint by Rapides Parish Sheriff Office deputy Paul Gintz four years ago. Mr. Wesley Pigott and his children are represented by the ACLU of Louisiana, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, and Southern Poverty Law Center, which filed the appeal on  more

VICTORY -- U.S. District Court Denies Stanford Internet Observatory, Atlantic Council, and Aspen Institute's Attempt to Dismiss AFL Lawsuit Over Mass-Surveillance and Censorship Program; Grants Discovery
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, issued the following news release: Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana denied two motions filed by defendants in Jill Hines v. Alex Stamos to dismiss America First Legal's (AFL) lawsuit against the Stanford Internet Observatory, the Atlantic Council, the Aspen Institute, and other entities over a mass-surveillance and censorship program. On May 2, 2023, AFL filed   more