Southern Coalition for Social Justice represented Ms. Amanda Wallace during a day-long hearing in Durham County District Court.
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Family Policing in Person County
SCSJ is supporting community members in Person County, North Carolina, who are fighting for accountability, transparency, and the rights of families to stay together.
Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, et al., v. The Chemours Company
The NAACP New Hanover County Branch is objecting to an attempt by Chemours and DuPont to hide documents about dumping harmful substances into the Cape Fear River.
Brookhaven Estates Association v. City of Greenville
Greenville, N.C. residents are challenging the special use permit for construction of a RaceTrac gas station only 1,000 feet away from Wellcome Middle School.
Rev. Shannon v. Town of Edenton
SCSJ filed a lawsuit alleging the Edenton Town Council and Chowan County Board of Commissioners brokered an unlawful secret deal to relocate the Edenton Confederate Monument.
Kivett v. North Carolina State Board of Elections
SCSJ and co-counsel submitted an amicus brief at the NC Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court to protect absentee military and overseas voters.
Friends of Horse Creek Valley v. South Carolina Department of Environmental Services
SCSJ is challenging Person County’s rezoning of parcels from rural residential and conservation designations to industrial zoning.
Republican National Committee v. North Carolina State Board of Elections
The NC State Conference of the NAACP and two impacted NC voters requested to intervene in a case to protect nearly a quarter of a million voters from the Republican National Committee’s and North Carolina Republican Party’s baseless attempt to force the State Board …
North Carolina NAACP v. Berger (consolidated with Williams v. Hall)
SCSJ is challenging North Carolina’s 2023 congressional and state legislative voting maps, alleging that all three maps diminish the power of Black voters all across the state.
State v. James Richardson
James Richardson is an innocent man serving a life sentence for a crime he did not commit. In 2011, James Richardson was arrested and capitally charged with the murders of Landon Blackley and Andrew Kirby in Pitt County, NC. Following a hotly contested trial, James was …
State v. Duke
SCSJ represents Jeffery Duke, who was sentenced to death in 2003 in Gaston County. Mr. Duke is challenging his conviction and death sentence.
Johnson v. Goodwin
The DMV revoked the licenses of hundreds of thousands of people simply because they could not afford to pay traffic fines and court costs. SCSJ and co-counsels sued to end the practice, which funnels low-income people further into poverty, in violation of their due proc…