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Centro de la Comunidad Hispana v. Town of Oyster Bay (Challenging constitutionality of anti-immigrant ordinance)
E.D.N.Y., Index No. CV-10 2262 (direct)
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National Council of La Raza v. Ashcroft (Challenging inclusion of immigration information in FBI's NCIC database)
E.D.N.Y., Index No. 03 Civ. 6324 (ILG/ASC) (direct) This case involves a challenge to the practice, undertaken by the Department of Justice, of including civil immigration information about non-citizens in the principle criminal database maintained by the FBI’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC), and the claim that this practice violates federal law restricting the content of the NCIC database.
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Arroyo et al. v. Redeye (Challenging employment practices at NYC restaurant)
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, Index No. 06-4841-cv (amicus) This lawsuit challenges the employment practices at the New York City restaurant “The Redeye Grill” on the grounds that the practices violate the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and New York State law.
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