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04-24-2007, 11:09 AM
LULAC drops harassment lawsuit in Farmers Branch
Associated Press
FARMERS BRANCH — The League of United Latin American Citizens has dropped a lawsuit alleging its members were harassed by supporters of a proposal designed to keep illegal immigrants out of this Dallas suburb.
The lawsuit filed last month accused some members of the Support Farmers Branch political action committee of harassing members of the Farmers Branch LULAC chapter — a charge rejected by Support Farmers Branch. The suit was dropped April 17, three days before a scheduled hearing in the case.
In response to the suit, a judge had issued a temporary restraining order keeping some Support Farmers Branch members from being within 100 feet or communicating with known members of the LULAC chapter.
Both sides have been campaigning ahead of a May 12 vote on a city ordinance that would require apartment landlords to verify the legal status of many tenants.
"We reached an agreement that all the parties were to campaign fairly and not harass or intimidate anybody," lawyer Domingo Garcia, who filed the lawsuit, said in a story in Monday's online edition of The Dallas Morning News.
Trey Dowdy, a lawyer for Support Farmers Branch, said the group was already operating legally and didn't admit any wrongdoing or agree to stop any activities. He said the group had informed Garcia that it might take legal action of its own if the suit were not dropped.
"Domingo said, 'Let's all get in a room and talk it out and decide we're not going to behave this way anymore,'" said Tim Scott, head of Support Farmers Branch and a city council candidate. "Our attorney said our client can't stop doing something they never did. ... We reject the idea we were intimidating anyone."
they should verify legal status before renting to them
Associated Press
FARMERS BRANCH — The League of United Latin American Citizens has dropped a lawsuit alleging its members were harassed by supporters of a proposal designed to keep illegal immigrants out of this Dallas suburb.
The lawsuit filed last month accused some members of the Support Farmers Branch political action committee of harassing members of the Farmers Branch LULAC chapter — a charge rejected by Support Farmers Branch. The suit was dropped April 17, three days before a scheduled hearing in the case.
In response to the suit, a judge had issued a temporary restraining order keeping some Support Farmers Branch members from being within 100 feet or communicating with known members of the LULAC chapter.
Both sides have been campaigning ahead of a May 12 vote on a city ordinance that would require apartment landlords to verify the legal status of many tenants.
"We reached an agreement that all the parties were to campaign fairly and not harass or intimidate anybody," lawyer Domingo Garcia, who filed the lawsuit, said in a story in Monday's online edition of The Dallas Morning News.
Trey Dowdy, a lawyer for Support Farmers Branch, said the group was already operating legally and didn't admit any wrongdoing or agree to stop any activities. He said the group had informed Garcia that it might take legal action of its own if the suit were not dropped.
"Domingo said, 'Let's all get in a room and talk it out and decide we're not going to behave this way anymore,'" said Tim Scott, head of Support Farmers Branch and a city council candidate. "Our attorney said our client can't stop doing something they never did. ... We reject the idea we were intimidating anyone."
they should verify legal status before renting to them