January 10, 2006 — Cooley Godward LLP announced today that Santillan, et al. v. Gonzales, et al., a major impact pro bono matter successfully handled by the Firm, has been selected by the National Law Journal (NLJ) as one of the country's top pro bono cases of 2005. Only four pro bono cases nationwide earned this recognition.
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December 28, 2005 – Cooley Godward LLP, the Texas Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) won an important victory against the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS). A federal court issued a permanent injunction against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), ordering the agency to provide documentation of lawful status (“green cards”) to a nationwide of lawful permanent residents (LPRs) who have been denied such proof for months and, in many cases, years.
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August 25, 2005 – Cooley Godward LLP, the Texas Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) won an important victory against the Department of Homeland Security(DHS). The court granted summary judgment in favor of a nationwide class of lawful permanent residents (LPRs) who to date have been denied documentary proof of their lawful status (or "green cards").
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October 14, 2004 – Cooley Godward LLP and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law of Texas (Texas Lawyers' Committee) won a significant victory against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The court granted class certification to the suit, allowing the named plaintiffs to proceed with challenging the DHS practice of denying documents showing lawful status to lawful permanent residents.
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July 7, 2004 – Cooley Godward LLP and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under Law of Texas (Texas Lawyers' Committee) have filed a national class-action lawsuit against Attorney General John Ashcroft and Secretary Tom Ridge, head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), for denying proof of status to lawful permanent residents.
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