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Graham v. University of Michigan

2:21-cv-11168 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: May 20, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging the University of Michigan’s sexual assault policies. On May 20, 2021, a current University of Michigan student filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiff sued the University of Michigan (U of M) and the Regents of the University of Michigan under Title IX (20 U.S.C. § 1681). Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff sought certification of a proposed class of “All current U of M students” and an …
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Leandro v. North Carolina

95-CVS-1158 | North Carolina state trial court

Filed Date: May 24, 1994

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the right to “sound basic education” under North Carolina’s constitution. In 1994, the school boards for five impoverished, underperforming counties, a student in one of these counties, and that student’s mother filed this lawsuit in North Carolina state court. The plaintiffs sued the State of North Carolina and the North Carolina State Board of Education for declaratory relief and injunctive relief. Invoking two provisions of the state constitution, the plaintiffs argued t…
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A.M. v. Indianapolis Public Schools

1:22-cv-01075 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) The ACLU of Indiana challenged a statute (HEA 1014) that prohibited all transgender female students in Indiana from participating in female-only sports.
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Cannon v. University of Chicago

1:75-02402 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 18, 1975

Closed Date: June 7, 1989

This is a case about a female medical school applicant who alleged that she was denied admission because of her gender and age in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and multiple federal statutes. In April of 1975, a 39-year-old female medical school applicant filed this lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Represented by private counsel, she sued the medical schools at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, as well a…
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A.C. v. Metropolitan School District of Martinsville

1:21-cv-02965 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Dec. 3, 2021

Case Ongoing

A transgender middle school boy in Indiana filed this lawsuit on December 3, 2021, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. The student's school denied him access to the boy's restroom and soccer team. Several of the school's staff likewise refused to use his preferred pronouns. According to the complaint, the school's actions discriminated against the student in violation of Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause. Represented by the ACLU of Indiana and Indiana Legal S…
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Department of Education OCR Title IX Investigation of University of Southern California

09-13-2294 | No Court

Filed Date: 2013

Case Ongoing

The United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) received a complaint in 2013 filed by University of Southern California (USC) students on behalf of themselves and other students, which alleged that USC failed to respond promptly and equitably to reports of sexual harassment or sexual violence in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (09-13-2294). A subsequent complaint (09-16-2128) was filed by a male student against the university in 2016. The compl…
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Department of Education OCR Title IX Investigation of Pitzer College

09-12-2151 | No Court

Filed Date: March 19, 2012

Closed Date: 2014

On March 19, 2012, the United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) received a complaint alleging that the defendant had violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Specifically, the complaint alleged that Pitzer College failed to adequately respond to an internal complaint that a male student had sexually assaulted the complainant. The complaint also alleged that the college did not adequately respond when the student complained of retaliation by other studen…
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The Women's Student Union v. U.S. Dep't of Education

3:21-cv-01626 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 8, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case is about the Trump Administration's amended Title IX regulations that reduced federal protections for students experiencing sexual harassment in public schools. On March 8, 2021, The Women’s Student Union (the Student Union)—a student organization at Berkeley High School—filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiff sued the U.S. Department of Education under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Represented by the National Cent…
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Black Emergency Response Team v. O'Connor

5:21-cv-01022 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Oct. 19, 2021

Case Ongoing

On October 19, 2022, the plaintiffs, who included both individuals and organizations, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. The individuals were Oklahoma students and teachers and the organizations included the Oklahoma NAACP, the University of Oklahoma Chapter of American Association of University Professors, and an Oklahoma University student organization, Black Emergency Response Team. Collectively, they challenged a 2021 Oklahoma state law known…
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Fobbs v. New Haven Unified School District

4:10-cv-01065 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2009

This case was one of several suits filed against Union City (the “City”) and the New Haven Unified School District (the “District”) following the 2007 death of a 14-year-old Black student who was shot to death by members of a long gang while on the premises of a middle school. The plaintiffs, parents of current and former Black students in the District, sued on behalf of their children. Many of the children witnessed the 2007 shooting, and others faced racially-motivated violence on school grou…