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Coleman v. Block

1:83-cv-00047 | U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota

Filed Date: March 11, 1983

Closed Date: 1989

This case challenged the federal government’s servicing of farming loans in the 1980s. Prior to the case, the government had coerced farmers delinquent on their federal loan payments into foreclosing and liquidating their property. This class action resulted in a nationwide injunction that required adequate notice and procedural safeguards before adverse action could be taken against farmers who borrowed from the federal government. In the late 1970s/early 1980s, American farmers faced a severe…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Reynoldson v. City of Seattle

2:15-cv-01608 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Oct. 8, 2015

Case Ongoing

On October 8, 2015, Plaintiffs, a group of individuals with mobility disabilities filed this lawsuit, on behalf of themselves and a class, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Represented by Disability Rights Washington, Plaintiffs alleged that the City of Seattle unlawfully discriminated against those with mobility disabilities by failing to comply with state and federal regulations addressing accessibility for people with disabilities in its construction, and mai…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Family Equality v. Azar

1:20-cv-02403 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 19, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 19, 2020, Family Equality, True Colors United, and Services & Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Plaintiffs sued the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Administrative Procedure Act, challenging the Notice of Nonenforcement of Health and Human Services Grants Regulation. The Notice, issued by HHS in November 2019, announced that HHS would not enforce 45 C.F.R. § 75.300, which pro…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Preterm-Cleveland v. Attorney General of Ohio

1:19-cv-00360 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 15, 2019

Closed Date: July 7, 2022

COVID-19 Summary: This is an ongoing lawsuit regarding Ohio state legislation that would criminalize certain abortions that was amended to include a request for relief in light of COVID-19. The plaintiffs sought a temporary restraining order against the Department of Health's order which had banned all "non-essential surgeries and procedures" starting on March 18, 2020. The judge granted the temporary restraining order for a period of 14 days, which was affirmed by the Sixth Circuit on April 6,…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
CODING IN PROCESS
Meza v. Marstiller

3:22-cv-00783 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: July 17, 2022

Case Ongoing

On July 17, 2022, two low-income adults in Florida with bladder and bowel incontinence, along with Disability Rights Florida—Florida’s federally funded protection and advocacy system—filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The plaintiffs sought to compel the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) to cover medically necessary incontinence supplies through Florida’s Medicaid program for individuals who …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
American Council of the Blind of Metropolitan Chicago v. Chicago

1:19-cv-06322 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Sept. 23, 2019

Case Ongoing

This class action lawsuit alleged that the City of Chicago’s failure to equip signalized street intersections with accessible pedestrian signals (ASPs) constituted illegal discrimination against Chicago’s blind residents and visitors. ASPs are used by blind pedestrians to travel safely at intersections. In municipalities which have installed ASPs, blind pedestrians can receive information and warnings about oncoming traffic by listening to the sounds played by the signal (e.g. “Walk sign is on”…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Ulloa Lujan v. U.S. Department of Education

3:22-cv-00159 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: May 3, 2022

Case Ongoing

On May 3, 2022, two individuals who applied for Fulbright programs filed this suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. The plaintiffs, represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, sued the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), its Secretary, and its Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, alleging that the language-proficiency criterion for Fulbright-Hays Fellowships impermissibly discriminated based on national heritageThe plaintiffs alleged that t…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
State of Texas v. Brooks-LaSure

6:21-cv-00191 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 14, 2021

Closed Date: May 10, 2022

This is a case about the Biden administration's attempt to rescind a Medicaid waiver granted to the State of Texas. On May 14, 2021, Texas and its Health and Human Services Commission filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Acting Administrator for CMS, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Secretary of HHS, and the federal government. Texas brought suit under…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth (BAGLY) v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:20-cv-11297 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 9, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case is about a regulation promulgated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) affecting protections against discrimination in healthcare on the basis of sex. In 2010, Congress passed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to increase the number of Americans with health insurance and to decrease the cost of healthcare. One provision in the law, Section 1557, aimed to protect against various forms of discrimination in healthcare and health insurance, including discrimination on the…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Commonwealth v. Trump

2:17-cv-04540 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 11, 2017

Case Ongoing

On October 11, 2017, the Attorney General of Pennsylvania brought this suit in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The case is a challenge to administrative rules promulgated by the federal government that interpret the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in a way that gives employers broad discretion to deny women access to contraceptives. As such, the suit was brought against the President of the United States, acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Secretary of the U.S…