as in complainant
the person in a legal proceeding who makes a charge of wrongdoing against another
the judge ruled that the plaintiff's lawsuit was groundless, and he dismissed it
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The district court ruled that, because of this disparity, the plaintiffs had been denied equal protection.
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
There was a ton of evidence, but it was agreed that the most powerful witness for the plaintiffs was a ten-by-twenty-foot map of the city that showed the evolution of residential segregation.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
In order to get a court to endorse this solution, the plaintiffs had to show that what looked like de-facto segregation, just the pattern resulting from personal housing choices, was a result of state action.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
In 2015, the court agreed with the plaintiffs, in a 4–2 decision, and killed the investigation, retroactively legalizing coördination.
—Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
There was a ton of evidence, but it was agreed that the most powerful witness for the plaintiffs was a ten-by-twenty-foot map of the city that showed the evolution of residential segregation.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
In order to get a court to endorse this solution, the plaintiffs had to show that what looked like de-facto segregation, just the pattern resulting from personal housing choices, was a result of state action.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
In 2015, the court agreed with the plaintiffs, in a 4–2 decision, and killed the investigation, retroactively legalizing coördination.
—Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Plaintiff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plaintiff. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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