In the News

Community House Inc. v. City of Boise
Idaho Legal Aid Services won a resounding victory in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in its challenge to the attempt by the City of Boise to transfer a homeless shelter to a religious ministry, that promptly evicted all women and children in the house and proselytized the remaining men. The Ninth Circuit reversed a denial of a preliminary injunction to stop the transfer.

Touchard v. La-Z-Boy
Salt Lake's Strindberg, Scholnick and Chamness won a victory in the Utah Supreme Court where a unanimous court held that Utah law prohibits retaliatory discharge or constructive discharge of employees who file workers' compensation claims.

Brad Seligman Argues for Plaintiffs before California Supreme Court in Frye v. Tenderloin Housing Clinic
January 9, 2006 - "Future of Non-Profit Legal Services at Stake"

Brad Seligman Argues for Plaintiffs before Ninth Circuit in Dukes v. Wal-Mart
August 9, 2005 - "Wal-Mart Fights To Split Sex Bias Suit"

Impact Fund Press Releases

The Impact Fund Awards $70,000 in public interest litigation grants
April 23, 2007 - "The Impact Fund Awards $70,000 in Public Interest Litigation Grants in Civil Rights, Environmental Justice, and Poverty Cases Across the Country"

The Impact Fund Awards $173,000 in public interest litigation grants
June 27, 2006 - "The Impact Fund Awards $173,000 in public interest litigation grants in civil rights, environmental justice, and poverty cases across the country in the past six months"

Glover/Albrecht v. Potter
June 10, 2004 - "Judge Approves Largest Disability Employment Class Action Ever"

Ellis v. Costco Wholesale Corporation
August 17, 2004 - "National Class Action Gender Bias Suit Filed Against Costco"

Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
August 4, 2005 - "U.S Court of Appeals to hear Wal-Mart's appeal to class action certification decision in major sex discrimination case"