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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.
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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