Justice System Improvement Act Agencies - Annual Report, Third, Fiscal Year 1982
Date Published
January 1983
Publication Type
Publication
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST BJS 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...
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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...