Judge allows parts of islander suit alleging discrimination
Judge allows parts of islander suit alleging discrimination April 11, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A federal judge is letting part of a lawsuit proceed alleging a Georgia county denied services to residents of Sapelo Island in part because they are Black, but with fewer plaintiffs. The Brunswick News reports U.S. District Judge Stan Baker said some issues in the five-year-old lawsuit need to be decided by a jury, but said 19 of the 41 original plaintiffs had no standing to sue. That's because lawyers for McIntosh County, the defendant, said there's no record of ownership ...
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