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A Short Road To Statehood, A Long Road To Washington, Rachel J. Anderson

Scholarly Works

This article documents the election in 2012 of the first African-American to represent Nevada in the U.S. Congress, Steven Horsford. It is part of "A Special Series on African Americans in Nevada Politics - Past and Present" on pages 16-21 of the issue." Sources are on page 21 of the issue.

Blacks And Voting Rights In Nevada, Rachel J. Anderson

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This article is a brief foray into black suffrage and equal rights in Nevada legal history. It is part of "A Special Series on African Americans in Nevada Politics - Past and Present" on pages 16-21 of the issue. Sources are on page 21 of the issue.

Ricci V. Destefano: Diluting Disparate Impact And Redefining Disparate Treatment, Ann C. Mcginley

Nevada Law Journal

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The Plus One Policy: An Autonomous Model Of Family Reunification, Jessica Feinberg

Nevada Law Journal

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Adventures In Heteronormativity: The Straight Line From Liberace To Lawrence, Joan W. Howarth

Nevada Law Journal

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Driver's Licenses And Undocumented Immigrants: The Future Of Civil Rights Law?, Kevin R. Johnson

Nevada Law Journal

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Making Up Women: Casinos, Cosmetics, And Title Vii, David B. Cruz

Nevada Law Journal

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Foreword: Pursuing Equal Justice In The West, Lynne Henderson

Nevada Law Journal

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The Mississippi Of The West?, Michael S. Green

Nevada Law Journal

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"Justice Is Slow But Sure": The Civil Rights Movement In The West: 1950-1970, Quintard Taylor

Nevada Law Journal

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Uneasy Tensions Between Children's Rights And Civil Rights, Annette Ruth Appell

Nevada Law Journal

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The Turner Thesis, Black Migration, And The (Misapplied) Immigrant Explanation Of Black Inequality, John Valery White

Nevada Law Journal

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Citizenship And Suffrage: The Native American Struggle For Civil Rights In The American West, 1830-1965, Willard Hughes Rollings

Nevada Law Journal

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Rebellious Lawyering, Settlement, And Reconciliation: Soko Bukai V. Ywca, Bill Ong Hing

Nevada Law Journal

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Ministerial Exception And Title Vii Claims: Case Law Grid Analysis, Janet S. Belcove-Shalin

Nevada Law Journal

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The Brown Symposium – An Introduction, Thomas B. Mcaffee

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This article is an introduction to a symposium sponsored by Southern Illinois University regarding Brown v. Board of Education.

The Rehnquist Court, Statutory Interpretation, Inertial Burdens, And A Misleading Version Of Democracy, Jeffrey W. Stempel

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The Supreme Court's Denial Of Reasonable Attorney's Fees To Prevailing Civil Rights Plaintiffs, Jean R. Sternlight

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The Supreme Court, through a series of recent decisions has effectively overridden Congress’ dictate that prevailing civil rights plaintiffs are entitled to recover reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. The solution to the current crisis lies not in reluctant court-appointed attorneys, but rather in a broad-based reform of the law regarding court-awarded attorney’s fees.

This article argues that only action by Congress will suffice to override the Supreme Court’s erroneous ruling and ensure just compensation for civil rights attorneys. Absent such legislation, it seems virtually certain that both the quantity and quality of civil rights litigation will continue to decrease. Fewer …

Differential Pass-Fail Rates In Employment Testing: Statistical Proof Under Title Vii, Elaine W. Shoben

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In this Comment, Professor Shoben advocates the use of a statistical technique—a test of the difference between independent proportions—to assess the substantiality of differences in pass rates among various groups on employment tests, in order to facilitate determination of disproportionate impact under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. She then compares this method with the procedure adopted in the Federal Executive Agency Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures and suggests several flaws in the latter approach.