Civil Rights
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Fourth Amendment Protects Curtilage of Home From Unreasonable Search
By Dan Menken Today, in the civil case of Covey v. Assessor of Ohio County, a published opinion, the Fourth… Read More
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Denial of Declaratory Judgment in Title VII Case Affirmed
By Evelyn Norton Did the District Court Abuse its Discretion in Denying Appellant’s Motions? In Pitrolo v. County of Buncombe,… Read More
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Truck Driver’s Termination not Racially Motivated
By: Steven Franklin Today, in Perry v. Mail Contractors of America, Inc., the Fourth Circuit affirmed the Western District of North Carolina’s… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Denies Retaliation Claim Under Title VII
By Joshua P. Bussen Today, in Rome v. Development Alternatives, Inc., the Fourth Circuit affirmed the grant of summary judgment… Read More
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Court Retains Subject Matter Jurisdiction over Employee’s “Reasonably Related” Retaliation Claim Against University
By Kelsey Kolb On September 24, in Hentosh v. Old Dominion University, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the United States District… Read More
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“Nigger, Please!”
3 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 26 Gregory S. Parks During the week of 2 September 2013, two federal courts—the… Read More
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Why Police Learn from Third-Party Data
3 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 1 Randall K. Johnson Introduction Does lawsuit data collection deter police misconduct lawsuits? One… Read More
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The Supreme Court’s Surprising and Strategic Response to the Civil Rights Act of 1991
By: Michael Selmi* Introduction The Civil Rights Act of 1991 (“CRA”) sought to change the employment discrimination landscape. The CRA… Read More
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From Wards Cove to Ricci: Struggling Against the “Built-in Headwinds” of a Skeptical Court
By: Melissa Hart* Introduction When Congress passed the 1991 Civil Rights Act (“1991 Act”), the new disparate impact provisions of… Read More
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Ricci’s Dicta: Signaling A New Standard For Affirmative Action Under Title VII?
By: Roberto L. Corrada* Introduction The standard for voluntary affirmative action[1] under Title VII has been in question in recent… Read More
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Juries, Race, and Gender: A Story of Today’s Inequality
By: Wendy Parker* Introduction The Civil Rights Act of 1991[1] (“Act” or “1991 Act”) was thought to be a victory… Read More
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2010 Fall Symposium: “Twenty Years After the 1991 Civil Rights Act: What Does the Future Hold?”
Overview Twenty years after passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, we are once again at a crossroads of… Read More