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Dirar v. Alaska Airlines, Inc.

2:22-cv-01076 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 2, 2022

Case Ongoing

Two Black Muslim men were removed from an Alaska Airlines flight after a fellow passenger raised complaints about one of the men, who had been  texting in Arabic. Represented by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the plaintiffs filed this case on August 2, 2022. The plaintiffs filed suit against Alaska Airlines in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs alleged that Alaska Airlines discriminated against them in violation of 42 U.S.C…
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
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Rouch World, LLC v. Michigan Department of Civil Rights

20-000145-MZ | Michigan state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2020

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) This case is about Michigan's state civil rights law, the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, and whether its prohibition of sex-based discrimination includes discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
Sines v. Kessler

3:17-cv-00072 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: Oct. 11, 2017

Case Ongoing

In this case, ten private citizens of Charlottesville, Virginia, sued a host of individuals identified as organizers and promoters of the far-right “Unite the Right” rally held in the city on August 11-12, 2017. The plaintiffs filed this lawsuit on October 11, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs invoked state law and 42 U.S.C. § 1985, a Reconstruction Era federal statute creating a cause of action against those wh…
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
Crawford v. McDonald's

1:20-cv-05132 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 31, 2020

Case Ongoing

On August 31, 2020, 52 black McDonald’s franchisees filed this lawsuit against McDonald’s in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Plaintiffs claimed that McDonald’s racially discriminated against them in its management policies and set the franchisees up to fail by placing them in economically depressed locations and high-crime areas. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S. § 1981 (part of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 guaranteeing equal rights under the law), alleging that M…
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
Huntsman v. Southwest Airlines

3:17-cv-03972 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 14, 2017

Case Ongoing

Pilots of Southwest Airlines Co. (Southwest) brought this class action case against their employer after being deprived of the proper amount of retirement contributions and sick leave benefits during leaves of absence to serve in the U.S. military. Represented by private counsel, the pilots sued Southwest in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on July 14, 2017 under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (the Act). The pilots sought declaratory…
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
Riddick v. Facebook

3:18-cv-04529 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 26, 2018

Case Ongoing

Riddick v. Facebook is a lawsuit brought to hold Facebook accountable for discriminatory advertising practices relating to users’ personal characteristics such as sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, marital status, citizenship, primary language, immigration status, and age. Facebook’s discriminatory practices violate California Civil Code Sections 51, 51.5, and 52. This lawsuit was brought in concurrence with 66 civil rights lawsuits filed against employers including employer…
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National Fair Housing Alliance et al. v. Facebook

1:18-cv-02689 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 27, 2018

Case Ongoing

On March 27, 2018, four nonprofit fair housing organizations filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued Facebook under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3613; two of the plaintiffs also sued under the New York City Human Rights Law. Represented by private and in-house counsel, the plaintiffs alleged that Facebook created categories on its advertising platform that facilitated unlawful housing discrimination in housing ads and sought dec…
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The Downtown Soup Kitchen v. Municipality of Anchorage

3:18-cv-00190 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 2018

Case Ongoing

A faith-based women’s shelter in Anchorage filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. The shelter, represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, sued the Municipality of Anchorage and the Anchorage Equal Rights Commission for violating the organization’s First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. It alleged that Anchorage, acting in bad faith, had engaged in irrelevant, harassing, and overreaching investigations of the shelter, baselessly accusing the shelter o…
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Texas v. United States

7:16-cv-00054 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 25, 2016

Closed Date: March 3, 2017

This lawsuit is part of an ongoing legal battle, across several cases, over allowing transgender individuals access to public facilities matching their gender identities. With eleven states joining together to challenge the DOJ, DOE, EEOC, and DOL over their interpretations of antidiscrimination statutes, it represents the broadest challenge to date of the Obama administration’s position that transgender individuals should have access to bathrooms, changing rooms, and other public facilities an…
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Berger v. United States Department of Justice

4:16-cv-00240 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: May 9, 2016

Closed Date: July 28, 2016

This is one of several federal lawsuits addressing North Carolina Session Law 2016-3, House Bill 2 (“H.B. 2”), which was passed in March 23, 2016. For the others, see related cases section, below. On February 22, 2016, the Charlotte City Council passed Ordinance 7056, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in public accommodations, passenger vehicle for hire, and city contractors. The city ordinance was set to take effect on April 1, 2016.In respon…