NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Files Lawsuit to Ensure Black Voters Have Voice in Electing Judges to Highest State Courts in Arkansas
June 10, 2019
June 10, 2019
NEW YORK, June 10 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release:
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), with co-counsel, Arkie Byrd of Mays, Byrd & O'Guinn, P.A., and the law firm of Shearman & Sterling, LLP filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Black voters challenging the method of electing judges to the Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. The election processes for those courts have for decades denied B . . .
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), with co-counsel, Arkie Byrd of Mays, Byrd & O'Guinn, P.A., and the law firm of Shearman & Sterling, LLP filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Black voters challenging the method of electing judges to the Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. The election processes for those courts have for decades denied B . . .