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Maple Heights School District Board of Education v. A.C., Individually and on behalf of A.W., a Minor

1:14-cv-01033 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 12, 2014

Closed Date: June 27, 2016

This case involves the educational deprivation of an IDEA eligible student who had been expelled and placed on home bound instruction by defendant Maple Heights School District.  The plaintiff filed the lawsuit on May 12, 2014 alleging violations of IDEA  and seeking compensatory education  The case was assigned to Judge Christopher A. Boyko of the United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio.  On June 27, 2016, the court issued a ruling that affirmed decisions of the State Level Rev…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Falls v. DeSantis

4:22-cv-00166 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: April 22, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about legislation suppressing Florida's teachers and employers from encouraging discourse regarding critical race theory (“CRT”) and sex. CRT was a concept that encompassed a wide range of ideas and concepts, and it generally focused on the idea that racism is inherent in U.S. legal systems in a way that create and maintain social, economic, and political inequities. On April 22, 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a ban on CRT,  known as the Stop Wrongs Against O…
EDUCATION
Ohlensehlen v. The University of Iowa

3:20-cv-00080 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 7, 2021

On September 25, 2020, four members of the University of Iowa women's swimming and diving team filed a class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa against UI after it announced it was cutting the program. In October, plaintiffs amended the complaint adding two new named plaintiffs. Plaintiffs alleged that UI violated its obligation under Title IX by failing to provide female students with an equal opportunity to participate in athletics as compared to the oppo…
EDUCATION
Blackman v. Dist. of Columbia

1:97-cv-01629 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 17, 1997

Closed Date: Dec. 18, 2014

On July 17, 1997, several public school students with disabilities brought this class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the District of Columbia, D.C. Public Schools (DCPS), the Chief Executive Officer of DCPS and Director of Special Education of DCPS,  to challenge the city public school system’s failure to comply with the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitat…
EDUCATION
Black Parallel School Board v. Sacramento City Unified School District

2:19-cv-01768 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 5, 2019

Case Ongoing

On September 5, 2019, the Black Parallel School Board and three students in the Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) filed this putative class action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The plaintiffs sued SCUSD and a selection of its officers under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), and state law. Represente…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Brown County Taxpayers Association v. President Joseph R Biden Jr

1:22-cv-01171 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 2022

Case Ongoing

On October 4, 2022, the Brown County Taxpayers Association (BCTA), a local tax policy organization, filed suit against the Biden administration in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, alleging that the administration's announced one-time student loan debt relief plan was unconstitutional. The plan was designed to forgive $10,000 to $20,000 in student loans for qualified borrowers. BCTA asserted that the [lan violated the separation of powers doctrine by making a new la…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
L.E. v. Ragsdale

1:21-cv-04076 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about COVID-19 policies for schools in Cobb County, Georgia. On October 1, 2021, four students, whose disabilities made them particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 and put them at an increased risk for severe symptoms or death from an infection, filed this lawsuit in the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The plaintiffs sued the Cobb County School District, members of the Cobb County School Board and the Board’s superintendent under Title 2 of the Americans with Di…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Mental Health & Wellness Coalition v. Stanford University

5:18-cv-02895 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 17, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 29, 2019

On May 17, 2018, three Stanford University students and the Mental Health & Wellness Coalition, an organization focused on advocating for administrative changes related to student mental health, filed this putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued Stanford University and its Board of Trustees under 42 U.S.C. § 12182 (Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act), 28 U.S.C. § 794 (Section 504 of the Rehabili…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Gruber v. Tennessee Tech Board of Trustees

2:21-cv-00039 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Oct. 5, 2021

Case Ongoing

Facts Turning Point USA (TPUSA) is a conservative organization that publishes profiles of progressive college professors, potentially to harass them. Outsiders, including the two professors, characterize TPUSA as a hate group with ties to white supremacy. Tennessee Tech University (TTU) has a chapter of TPUSA. On February 4, 2021, after witnessing the TTU TPUSA faculty advisor, also a professor, celebrate a local school's decision to maintain "the Redskins" as their mascot, the two professors p…
EDUCATION
Cohen v. Brown University

1:92-cv-00197 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: April 9, 1992

Case Ongoing

The Initial Title IX Settlement (1992 – 1998) In 1991, Brown University announced that it was going to eliminate four sports: women’s volleyball, women’s gymnastics, men’s golf, and men’s water polo. Brown explained that the teams could still compete as club sports, but it was no longer able to provide university funding for financial reasons. At that time, Brown’s student body was 52 percent male and 48 percent female, but 63 percent of its athletes were male. On April 9, 1992, affected women …