Center for Constitutional Rights: Descendants Can Pursue Challenge to Illegal Rezoning in Environmental Racism Case, Louisiana Court Rules
December 17, 2021
December 17, 2021
NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2021:
A district court judge ruled that an organization that advocates for the descendants of enslaved people may pursue its lawsuit challenging an illegal rezoning ordinance that would allow the construction of a massive grain terminal in a historic Black community near the Mississippi river in the heart of "Cancer Alley." The ruling sets up a legal showdown ov . . .
A district court judge ruled that an organization that advocates for the descendants of enslaved people may pursue its lawsuit challenging an illegal rezoning ordinance that would allow the construction of a massive grain terminal in a historic Black community near the Mississippi river in the heart of "Cancer Alley." The ruling sets up a legal showdown ov . . .