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matters
Matters are those civil rights related issues that have not risen to the level of actual cases, but which still consume ELS resources and which have the ability to be converted into cases. A case is defined as an activity that has been assigned an identification number and which has been reviewed by the ELS and ultimately approved by the Attorney General and then filed in court.
Source : U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Language : English