1.   But like most states, Pennsylvania has civil rights statutes governing public accommodations at places such as restaurants and hotels.

2.   Despite that law, Texas is not among the seven states that have civil rights statutes or educational statutes that specifically protect students from harassment based on sexual orientation.

3.   Eight states have adopted laws that include sexual orientation as a protected category in harassment or civil rights statutes governing public schools.

4.   Federal civil rights statutes are so narrowly defined that the shooting might not be considered a hate crime.

5.   Indeed, companies like Pfizer have, at times, explored the use of federal civil rights statutes to overturn some Medicaid changes.

6.   Jones has based her suit on two sections of a federal civil rights statute enacted to protect former slaves from mistreatment during Reconstruction.

7.   Murphy, however, said the civil rights statute could give the attorney general the right to intervene.

8.   The conflict between religious conscience and civil rights statute is perhaps the most tangled strand in the web of church and state relations.

9.   The few cases that have been filed involve violations of federal civil rights statutes.

10.   The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking to determine if any federal civil rights statutes have been violated, a bureau spokesman said.