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Three years after arrests, charges against Detroit water protesters dismissed
After nearly three years, a judge has dismissed charges against nine defendants arrested for protesting Detroit’s mass water shutoffs. The so-called “Homrich Nine” were arrested in June 2014 for attempting to block trucks belonging to Homrich, the contractor the city...
The Immunity Doctrine, Can officials be held liable for the suffering they inflict?
On October 13, 2001, Ibrahim Turkmen answered a knock on the door of his home in West Babylon, New York, to find two FBI agents. A solemn man with a strong jaw and deeply etched features, Turkmen was thirty-five years old at the time. Though his English was limited,...
Devontae Sanford, other wrongfully convicted could be compensated for time in prison
Devontae Sanford spent more than a decade behind bars. Now, he and his attorneys are filing litigation to compensate the wrongfully convictedImagine spending years locked up for a crime you didn’t commit – then struggling to find work when you’re finally free. That’s...
Hillsdale man suing county, city and state officials for wrongful imprisonment
HILLSDALE, MI – A Hillsdale man is suing the state, county, and city officials for being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for failing to register as a sex offender. Anthony Hart is suing for false arrest, malicious prosecution, failures in the municipal system, and...
Sanford family readies lawsuit after imprisonment caused by wrongful convictions
June 14, 2016, by George Hunter (read the article in The Detroit News) Detroit and Wayne County officials could find themselves in court as lawyers for Davontae Sanford anticipate filing a federal civil rights lawsuit stemming from his eight-year stint in prison for...
Wife of Ottawa County inmate who committed suicide in 2013 files lawsuit
Sep 12, 2015, by Curtis.Wildfong@hollandsentinel.com (read the article in the Holland Sentinel) The wife of a man who in 2013 hung himself in his Ottawa County jail cell is suing the county and three jail deputies, claiming they failed to protect him from himself....
GHPC attorneys challenge Michigan EM law on behalf of National Lawyers Guild
DETROIT, March 14, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Civil rights attorneys from the Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice, National Lawyers Guild, Sanders Law Firm, the ACLU, and the Center for Constitutional Rights have filed an appeal in Phillips v....
What’s next for Davontae Sanford? Will he be going through a civil lawsuit?
June 15, 2016, By Kate Wells (read the article on Michigan Radio) Davontae Sanford’s family is considering a civil lawsuit, sources close to the family tell us after he was wrongfully imprisoned for eight years. Sanford was arrested at age 14 for a quadruple homicide...
Links and articles on our attorneys
Bill Goodman
- https://law.wayne.edu/profile/cv7694
- https://profiles.superlawyers.com/michigan/detroit/lawyer/william-h-goodman/4c43c1b4-5a06-4d12-9e69-7c457ea29129.html
- https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/fighting-the-goodman-fight/Content?oid=2186360
- https://www.michiganradio.org/post/civil-rights-attorney-recounts-defending-hundreds-detroiters-rounded-during-1967-rebellion
- http://www.legalnews.com/Macomb/1424356
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yp_sMXMJvg
- https://www.sugarlaw.org/our-people
- https://wdet.org/posts/2016/04/21/82915-the-intersection-detroits-jewish-lawyers-and-their-civil-rights-efforts/
- https://www.aclumich.org/en/cases/criminal-charges-and-cars-seized-going-art-gallery
- https://www.c-span.org/person/?billgoodman02
- https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2018/03/21/davontae-sanford-arrest-arizona/33163865/
- https://www.gofundme.com/f/detroit-will-breathe-federal-lawsuit-fund
- https://detroit1967.detroithistorical.org/items/show/441
- https://clearinghouse.net/detail.php?id=17788
- https://lawanddisorder.org/tag/movement-lawyers/
- https://www.google.com/searchsa=N&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=bill+goodman+detroit+civil+rights+attorney&ved=2ahUKEwiI_oixhr_uAhXJK80KHeeHA1c4FBCMmQR6BAgMEAE&biw=919&bih=630
- https://medium.com/@detroitwillbreathe/detroit-will-breathe-files-lawsuit-against-city-of-detroit-e71ab743433
- https://apnews.com/article/lawsuits-crime-courts-michigan-673fc99dcd0e9912c4b2661057cb454c
- https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2019/05/14/judge-case-against-davontae-sanford-based-lies-were-told-over-and-over/1192922001/
- https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2012/06/11/attorney-bill-goodman-still-ticking-but-ticked-off
Julie Hurwitz
- https://www.google.com/search?source=univ&tbm=isch&q=julie+hurwitz+attorney&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjggumbj7_uAhUUAp0JHYmZCbcQjJkEegQICxAB&biw=919&bih=630
- https://www.wndu.com/content/news/Detroit-lawyer-talks-with-Notre-Dame-law-students-about-Flint-lawsuits-370324651.html
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKyyVc3eWpo
- http://legalnews.com/detroit/1257779
- https://www.mchr.org/2020/06/mchr-board-member-julie-hurwitz-quoted-in-detroit-free-press-feature-on-recent-detroit-protests-in-wake-of-george-floyd-murder/
- https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2020/08/13/littleton-shooting-probe-worthys-office-says-inquiry-underway/3365754001/
- https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063656833
- http://www.thehamtramckreview.com/protestors-call-for-a-change-in-the-police-department/
- https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2020/03/michigan-supreme-court-to-decide-if-flint-residents-get-day-in-court-against-snyder-and-state.html
- https://www.michiganradio.org/post/michigan-supreme-court-hears-arguments-flint-water-lawsuit
- https://www.timesleaderonline.com/news/national-news/2020/03/michigan-supreme-court-hears-case-over-flint-water-liability/
- https://www.stitcher.com/show/detroit-today-with-stephen-henderson/episode/flint-water-crisis-settlement-77205508
- https://innocenceproject.org/fighting-for-justice-even-after-exoneration/
- https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/michigan-supreme-court-hears-case-flint-water-liability-69396413
- https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/supreme-court-flint-residents-can-seek-damages-state-lead-crisis
- https://apnews.com/article/b227d1a619f0426e3b9f8c4dc61e606d
- https://theintercept.com/2020/12/21/detroit-black-lives-matter-lawsuit/
- https://myemail.constantcontact.com/June-News-at-the-Downtown-Synagogue.html?soid=1114049355113&aid=hNnSU4P_gAU
- https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3wibjo
- https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/2018/01/flint_water_lawsuit_likely_to.html#incart_river_home
- https://www.eastvillagemagazine.org/2019/06/28/water-class-action-attorneys-detailing-progress-of-civil-cases-not-everyone-satisfied/
- https://wdet.org/posts/2020/08/25/89963-600-million-settlement-for-flint-water-crisis-is-a-start-but-many-still-seek-justice/
- https://amp.statesman.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2020/08/13/littleton-shooting-probe-worthys-office-says-inquiry-underway/3365754001/
- https://www.nlg-npap.org/civicrm/event/info/?id=42&reset=1
- https://www.michigancriminallawyer.com/michigans-wrongful-imprisonment-compensation-act-helps-detroit-resident-receive-400000-from-the-state/
- https://neighborhooddefender.org/press-releases/community-statement-on-the-killing-of-hakim-littleton/
- https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2015/06/16/eaton-county-likely-pay-sergeants-legal-bills/28837047/
- https://kkfi.org/program-episodes/president-trump-and-the-2020-election-detroit-will-breathe-et-al-v-city-of-detroit-and-hosts-remember-attorney-kevin-zeese/
- https://againstthecurrent.org/julie-hurwitz/
- https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2016/08/15/activists-detroit-stalling-disorderly-conduct-cases/88768814/
- https://keywiki.org/Julie_Hurwitz
- https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2021/01/26/detroit-rescinds-protesters-curfew-tickets-weighs-countersuit-spending/4259533001/
Kathryn James
- https://apnews.com/article/d1974a6521374d5e83949059f41d56e5
- https://www.wlns.com/news/jackson-county-sheriff-faces-another-lawsuit-involving-discrimination/
- https://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/2018/07/new_suit_alleges_jackson_sheri.html
- https://nppa.org/news/763
- https://www.katbrunerjames.com/meet-kat
- https://keywiki.org/Kat_Bruner_James
- https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/federal-judge-rules-caid-raid-arrests-and-car-seizures-unconstitutional
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