Welcome to Benson & Associates. We are a law firm in Kansas City, Missouri. We specialize in civil rights and constitutional issues. We do considerable work in employment discrimination, police misconduct, First Amendment, conditions of confinement, and voting rights cases. For more detailed information, please see our Firm Brochure.

We also have occasional job openings.

Motion to Re-open KCMSD School Desegregation Case

Race Discrimination Suit v. Sheet Metal Workers Local 2

L.R.A. v. Regis Corp; 12 year old African-American girl denied wash and set because styilist not trained or equipped to do "ethnic hair"

Joe Amrine Suit

Wrongfully convicted, sentenced to death, then freed, seeks damages.

Sex Offenders Registration Act SORA Litigation

Earlier Items:

School Bullying Case

Tonganoxie, Kansas

Race Discrimination by Hair Stylists

Harris v. Kansas City Police Department

Excessive use of force and negligent hiring, training, and supervision;
case settled April 2, 2004 for $185,000.

Brown v. Board of Education

Transcript (281 pages) of 1951 lower court trial.

KCMSD Educational and Desegregation Matters

Hampton v. Dillards

Race discrimination in search of shoppers.

Term Limits Labeling Case - Cook v. Gralike, Case No. 99-929

Missouri's Term Limits Labeling Act struck down by unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on February 28, 2001.

Mark Paul v. Heritage Mgmt.

Racial Harassment on the Job (mask used to harass).

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