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Article: Maryland Legal Briefs: September 28, 2009
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- The Daily Record (Baltimore)
- Article date:
- September 28, 2009
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CSA to hear NAACP case en banc
Maryland State Police and the NAACP will clash Tuesday before the
full Court of Special Appeals over documents the civil rights group
says it needs to determine if troopers are pulling over motorists
based on their skin color.
A three-judge panel of Maryland's second highest court heard
arguments on May 11. But on July 31, the court decided the
controversy should be heard by all 13 judges in an unusual en banc
hearing.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
seek MSP documents to determine if the agency is honoring a 2003
consent decree that requires it to submit quarterly reports
detailing charges of racial profiling.
In June 2008, ...