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Civil Rights Violations

Federal, state and municipal laws and regulations provide for redress for a broad range of civil rights violations. These can include discrimination on the basis of race in public accommodations such as hotels and restaurants, and transgressions by employers or other entities against such Constitutional rights as freedom of expression, association, and voting rights. To preserve such claims, it is necessary to conform to strict statutes of limitations. If you believe you may have experienced a violation of your civil rights, contact the lawyers at Burr & Smith, L.L.P. for experienced assistance evaluating your claim.

Smith v. Zacco
On behalf of an African-American couple, Burr & Smith is opposing discrimination and retaliation on the basis of race and color by a building contractor and others in Ocala, Florida in violation of the Fair Housing Act.

NAACP Sues for Legislative Redistricting
The attorneys at Burr & Smith, L.L.P. have notable experience litigating voting rights cases. For example, in 1992, in De Grandy v. Wetheral, Charles Burr of Burr & Smith, L.L.P. successfully battled in federal court on behalf of the NAACP for the redistricting of Florida's congressional and state legislative districts facilitating the election of three black U.S. Representatives from Florida in 1993. In April 1999, Burr & Smith, L.L.P. represented the Florida Conference of NAACP Braches and three individual plaintiffs against the City's proposal to implement a traffic management plan which would have prohibited vehicles from crossing the bridges leading to Daytona Beach during an annual event known as the Black College Reunion. The plaintiffs successfully asserted that the City's traffic management plan violated several Constitutional provisions, including the Equal Protection Clause, the Dormant Commerce Clause and the First Amendment. See Florida State Conference of NAACP Branches, et al. v. City of Daytona Beach, 54 F.Supp.2d 1283 (M.D.Fla. 1999).

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