plaintiff

Examples of plaintiff in the following topics:

• Brown v. Board of Education and School Integration

  • The plaintiffs were 13 Topeka parents who, on behalf of their 20 children, called for the school district to reverse its policy of racial segregation.
  • The plaintiffs argued that systematic racial segregation, while seeming to provide separate but equal treatment of both white and black Americans, instead perpetuated inferior accommodations, services, and treatment for black Americans.
  • The lead plaintiff was Oliver L.

• U.S. District Courts

  • Civil cases are legal disputes between two or more parties; they officially begin when a plaintiff files a complaint with the court.
  • The complaint explains the plaintiff's injury, how the defendant caused the injury, and requests the court's assistance in addressing the injury.
  • Plaintiffs may ask the court to order the defendant to stop the conduct that is causing the injury or may seek monetary compensation for the injury.

• Resolving Conflicts

  • A lawsuit is a civil action brought in a court of law in which a plaintiff, a party who claims to have incurred loss as a result of a defendant's actions, demands a legal or equitable remedy.
  • The defendant is required to respond to the plaintiff's complaint.
  • If the plaintiff is successful, judgment will be given in the plaintiff's favor, and a variety of court orders may be issued to enforce a right, award damages, or impose a temporary or permanent injunction to prevent or compel an act.

• The Brown Decision

  • The plaintiffs in Brown asserted that this system of racial separation, while masquerading as providing separate but equal treatment of both white and black Americans, instead perpetuated inferior accommodations, services, and treatment for black Americans.
  • The plaintiffs were 13 Topeka parents on behalf of their 20 children.
  • The plaintiffs had been recruited by the leadership of the Topeka NAACP.
  • The named plaintiff, Oliver L.

• Courts

  • A plaintiff is the term used in some jurisdictions for the party who initiates a civil lawsuit before a court.
  • A defendant is any party required to answer a plaintiff's complaint in a civil lawsuit, or any party that has been formally charged or accused of violating a criminal statute.

• Federal Jurisdiction

  • For example, all of the defendants are from a different state than the plaintiff, and have an amount in controversy that exceeds a monetary threshold (which changes from time to time, but is $75,000 as of 2011).

• The Shifting Boundary between Federal and State Authority

  • After Pennsylvania won a federal lawsuit to block the deactivation of the 111th Fighter Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, defense and Congressional leaders chose to try to settle the remaining BRAC lawsuits out of court, reaching compromises with the plaintiff states.

• Unfair Trade Practices

  • In addition to providing for the award of compensatory damages, laws may also provide for the award of punitive damages as well as the payment of the plaintiff's legal fees.

• Montgomery and Protests

  • Nixon carefully searched for a suitable plaintiff.
  • Browder, Susie McDonald, Mary Louise Smith and Jeanette Reese, Colvin was one of the five plaintiffs in the case.

• Sunshine Laws

  • Theoharis and plaintiff, most notably one entire folder entitled the "White House Security Survey. "