June 2005: Angelucci et. al. v Century Supper Club. Famous California case prohibiting discrimination based on gender and differential pricing. NCFM member Marc Angelucci representing plaintiff. March 2007: Fogerty-Hardwick v. County of Orange County, et al: Orange County, California, jury finds Child Protective Services worker and agency liable for $4.5 million plus. April 2008: Woods et. al. v Shewry et. al. opening brief,including the court of appeal decision. This landmark case drew a great deal of national and international attention, including an article in Ireland, Men Can be Victims too! May, 2008: Roy Den Hollander, et. al. v U.S. Department of Homeland Security the complaint, the decision, which approved the U.S.Government's use of secret proceedings to find U.S. citizen spouses of foreign partners (immigrant aliens) guilty of domestic violence. The proceedings are kept secret from only the American citizen, not their alien partners. See the December press release.June 2008: Crespo v Crespo: New Jersey case with enormous DV industry implications that establishedproof of domestic violence requires clear and convincing evidence by virtue of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. See David Usher article, "RESTRAINING ORDERS UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN NEW JERSEY". Also, The New Star Chamber: The New Jersey Family Court and the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, by David Heleniak. |
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June 2008 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus GILES v. CALIFORNIA The Court found that the Sixth Amendment, which affords persons the right to confront and cross-examine their accusers, held in domestic violence cases. August 2008: Hollander v University of Columbia (women studies department) the complaint. Excellent overview of how such programs discriminate and minimize the men as a gender. Here's the "First Amended Complaint" filed December 2008. December 2008: In the Marriage of Brandes: Court rules that $70 million plus in wealth not enough to pay up to $3 million in legal fees for divorce. This outrageous decision clearly exemplifies the absurdity of related laws and jurisprudence. |
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