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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Equality Florida v. DeSantis

4:22-cv-00134 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: March 31, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case, filed on March 31, 2022, challenged Florida House Bill 1557, the Florida statute widely known as the "Don't Say Gay" law. H.B. 1557 banned any school instruction on "sexual orientation and gender identity." Individual plaintiffs were made up of organizations, students, parents, and teachers in Florida. They brought this suit under § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida and alleged constitutional and statutory violation. Specifically, plaintiffs alleged…
CHILD WELFARE
Eknes-Tucker v. Ivey

2:22-cv-00184 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 19, 2022

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was filed on April 19, 2022 on behalf of a four transgender children and their parents, two medical professionals, and a Reverend in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Plaintiffs challenged Alabama's Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, which was set to take effect on May 8. The plaintiffs—represented by the National Center for Lesbian Rights, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, Southern Poverty Law Center, Human Rights Campaign Foundation, and pr…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Gammett v. Idaho State Board of Corrections

1:05-cv-00257 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: June 30, 2005

Closed Date: 2009

On June 30, 2005, a transgender inmate filed suit against the Idaho State Board of Corrections in the District Court for Idaho for failing to diagnose and provide treatment for her Gender Dysphoria (formerly known as Gender Identity Disorder and discussed as such in this case). Plaintiff, who was represented by National Center for Lesbian Rights and private attorneys, alleged that defendants were deliberately indifferent to her serious mental health condition in violation of the Eighth and Four…
EDUCATION
Shelton v. Anoka-Hennepin Sch. Dist.

0:11-cv-00215 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2011

Closed Date: 2011

On January 28, 2011, two high school seniors who were in a lesbian relationship filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against their school district. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and the Southern Poverty Law Center and the National Center for Lesbian Rights, asked the court for injunctive relief claiming that the school had violated the plaintiffs' rights to freedom of expression and equal protection under the …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Tanco v. Haslam

3:13-cv-01159 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Oct. 21, 2013

Closed Date: March 25, 2016

This lawsuit by four (later three) same-sex couples legally married under the laws of other states was filed on October 21 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. It challenged Tennessee laws barring recognition of their marriages, alleging that those laws violate the federal Equal Protection and Due Process clauses, and the right to travel. Lawyers included private counsel and the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-3-113 provides that, among ot…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Adams v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

1:09-cv-10272 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 24, 2009

Closed Date: 2011

On February 24, 2009, a prisoner serving her sentence in a facility operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The plaintiff, represented by public interest and private attorneys, sought declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the prison's refusal to provide medical care for plaintiff's Gender Dysphoria (GD) constituted a violation of the Eighth Amendment.The plaintiff was…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Latta v. Otter

1:13-cv-00482 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Nov. 8, 2013

Closed Date: 2015

On November 8, 2013, four same-sex couples from Idaho filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court or the District of Idaho under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the state of Idaho. The plaintiffs, represented by both private and public interest attorneys, asked the court to declare that Idaho laws banning same-sex marriage are in violation of the Constitution, to enjoin enforcement of these laws, and to require that the defendants issue marriage permits to same-sex couples and recognize same-s…
EDUCATION
Doe v. Anoka-Hennepin School District

0:11-cv-01999 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: July 21, 2011

Closed Date: March 6, 2017

On July 21, 2011, current and former students represented by private counsel, and two non-profit public interest firms, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the National Center for Lesbian Rights, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota (Judge Joan N. Ericksen, Magistrate Judge Steven E. Rau) against their school district. The plaintiffs asked the Court for injunctive relief, attorneys' fees, and damages, claiming denial of equal protection on the basis of sexual orie…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
E.L. v. V.L.

13-00719 | Alabama state trial court

Filed Date: Oct. 31, 2013

Closed Date: 2016

On October 31, 2013, the plaintiff, V.L., filed this lawsuit against her ex-partner, E.L., in Alabama state court. Represented both by private counsel and a lawyer from the National Center for Lesbian Rights, V.L. asked the court, under Alabama common law, to recognize a Georgia judgment which made her a legal adoptive co-parent of E.L.'s biological children, to declare that the Georgia judgment gave V.L. legal rights to those children, to grant V.L. custody or joint custody of the children, an…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Courage v. Wyoming

14-182262 | Wyoming state trial court

Filed Date: March 5, 2014

Case Ongoing

On March 5, 2014, four same-sex couples and Wyoming Equality filed a lawsuit in state court in Cheyenne challenging Wyoming's laws that prohibit same-sex couples from marrying and refuse to respect the legal marriages of same-sex couples who married in other states. The complaint argued that the same-sex-marriage ban violated the Wyoming Constitution's guarantees of equal protection and due process.Plaintiffs are represented by private counsel and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR).…