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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Hawaii Disability Rights Center v. Kishimoto

1:18-cv-00465 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Nov. 28, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is a case about a protection and advocacy (P&A) agency’s lawsuit seeking applied behavioral analysis (ABA) for students with disabilities in Hawai’i. The lawsuit alleged that the Hawaii Department of Education and the Department of Human Services failed to ensure that students who needed ABA during the school day were not receiving this service due to the state agencies' policies and practices. On November 28, 2018, the Hawai’i Disability Rights Center (HRDC) filed this action as the plain…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
The Arc of Iowa v. Reynolds

4:21-cv-00264 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Sept. 3, 2021

Closed Date: March 19, 2024

On September 3, 2021, individual student plaintiffs, the Iowa ARC (a nonprofit dedicated to advocating for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities), and Iowa's Protection and Advocacy (P&A) system challenged the state of Iowa's k-12 school mask ban by filing a lawsuit against the state governor and certain school districts alleging the legislature's action to prohibit the wearing of masks during the covid-19 pandemic violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 w…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Hebert v. Illinois Department of Corrections

1:24-cv-07950 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the lack of special education services provided to young people incarcerated by the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC). On August 30, 2024, twenty-one individual plaintiffs, people who were in IDOC custody and did not have a high school diploma, filed this lawsuit arguing that IDOC had been discriminating against people who need special education services for over 20 years. The plaintiffs argued that the lack of special education services prevented young people with …
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Frankel v. Regents of The University of California

2:24-cv-04702 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 5, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is a case about speech and religious freedom on college campuses. On June 5, 2024, a group of Jewish students at UCLA sued the Regents of the University of California and other university officials in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California based on the university's alleged failure to protect Jewish students, faculty, and staff during on-campus protests. The plaintiffs brought claims under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act; 42 U.S.C. § 1985 (conspiracy to interfere wi…
EDUCATION
School Board Rapides Parish v. Education

1:24-cv-00567 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 30, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is a case about LGBTQ+ discrimination protections in schools. On April 19, 2024, the Biden administration announced its final rule interpreting Title IX, to go into effect on August 1, 2024. The rule gives LGBTQ+ students and others explicit protection from sex discrimination “based on sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity.” In response, the Rapides Parish School Board in Louisiana filed this lawsuit in the U.S. Distr…
EDUCATION
Simpson-Vlach v. Michigan Department of Education

5:21-cv-11532 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 30, 2021

Closed Date: Feb. 20, 2024

This is a putative class action suit brought by and on behalf of children with disabilities who alleged that they did not get their educational needs met by their schools due to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 30, 2021, the plaintiffs—children with disabilities and their parents—filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs sued the Michigan Department of Education (MDE), Ann Arbor Public Schools (AAPS), and Washtenaw In…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Spectrum WT v. Wendler

2:23-cv-00048 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 24, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case involves a student group at West Texas A&M University that was prohibited from hosting a drag show. On March 24, 2023, a student group and two individuals brought suit against the President of West Texas A&M University, in his individual and official capacities, as well as the Vice President for Student Affairs, the university chancellor, and the Board of Regents in their official capacities. Represented by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, the students sued under 4…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Kansas v. Biden

6:24-cv-01057 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: March 28, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration's SAVE plan for student loan forgiveness. The Attorneys General of eleven states (Kansas, Alabama, Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah) brought this lawsuit against the Biden administration (President Joseph Biden and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, in their official capacities, and the U.S. Department of Education) on March 28, 2024. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court fo…
EDUCATION
State of Tennessee v. Cardona

2:24-cv-00072 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: April 30, 2024

Case Ongoing

In this case, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Virginia and West Virginia challenged the U.S. Department of Education’s regulation (the “Rule”) which interpreted Title IX’s definition of sex discrimination to include discrimination against gender identity, expanded the definition of harassment, and incorporated a de minimis harm standard for determining sex discrimination. The Rule went into effect on August 1, 2024, but has been enjoined from enforcement in several states due to this case a…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Idaho Federation of Teachers v. Labrador

1:23-cv-00353 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Aug. 8, 2023

Closed Date: July 2, 2024

This case is about Idaho’s No Public Funds for Abortion Act (“NPFAA”), which criminalized the use of public funds to “promote abortion” or “counsel in favor of abortion.” On August 8, 2023, two unions – the Idaho Federation of Teachers and the University of Idaho Teachers Federation, Local 3215 of the American Federation of Teachers – and six university professors filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Idaho. Plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU, the ACLU of Idaho, and private counsel,…