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Civil Rights Complaints in U.S. District Courts, 1990-98

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 2000                        202/307-0784 
                
        
MORE THAN 42,000 CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINTS 
FILED IN FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS DURING 1998

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More than 42,000 complaints
alleging civil rights violations, such as discrimination in
employment, housing, welfare benefits and voting rights were
filed during 1998 in  U.S. district courts, the Justice
Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced...

Civil Rights Complaints in U.S. District Courts, 1990 - 2006

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 Contact: Kara McCarthy: 202-307-1241
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CIVIL RIGHTS CASES FILED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURTS DECLINED BY NEARLY 20 PERCENT FROM 2003 TO 2006

WASHINGTON - The number of civil rights cases filed in U.S. district courts declined from 40,516 to 32,865 (nearly 20 percent) between 2003 and 2006...