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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 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…
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 ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
Berger v. United States Department of Justice

5:16-cv-00240 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: May 9, 2016

Closed Date: July 18, 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 respo…
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
United States v. Retsel Corporation

5:22-cv-05086 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: Oct. 19, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about a hotel and sports bar's policy of excluding Native American customers. The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit against the Retsel Corporation and its owners on October 19, 2022, in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota. The lawsuit alleged that the defendants discriminated against Native American customers through policies and practices denying Native Americans full and equal access to the Grand Gateway Hotel and the …
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
Rouch World, LLC v. Michigan Department of Civil Rights

20-000145-MZ | Michigan state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2020

Case Ongoing

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. In mid 2020, the Michigan Department of Civil Rights opened two investigations into two Michigan businesses. One individual alleged that they were denied service at a business on the basis of their gender identity. And a same-sex couple alleged that they were denied service on the basis of t…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
St. Joseph Parish St. Johns v. Nessel

1:22-cv-01154 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Dec. 5, 2022

Case Ongoing

On December 5, 2022, a Catholic church in rural Michigan filed this lawsuit against the state, arguing that new sex and gender protections under civil rights law prevent its elementary school from hiring and teaching according to its faith. The church filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Southern Division, and named the Michigan Attorney General, Michigan Department of Civil Rights, and Michigan Civil Rights Commission as the defendants. The church …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Betancourt-Colon v. City of San Juan

3:19-cv-01837 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Sept. 6, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a case about a lack of accessible curb ramps in the City of San Juan for people with mobility disabilities. On September 6, 2019, four individuals seeking to represent a class of people with mobility disabilities who used or would use the pedestrian right of way in San Juan filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The plaintiffs sued the City of San Juan under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation…
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
State of Texas v. Becerra

2:21-cv-00229 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Nov. 15, 2021

Closed Date: Jan. 24, 2022

On November 15, 2021, the State of Texas and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (collectively, “Texas”) filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to challenge an interim final rule published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS Vaccine Mandate”). The CMS Vaccine Mandate required vaccination against COVID-19 for all “faculty staff” including employees, trainees, students, volunteers, and contractors “who provide any care, treatment…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
United States v. One Boyertown Properties LP

5:20-cv-06249 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Dec. 11, 2020

Case Ongoing

Background This is a case about accessibility for people with disabilities in senior living communities. On December 11, 2020, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit against fifteen companies who had designed, built, and/or owned fifteen buildings that housed independent living, assisted living, and memory care communities. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The DOJ sued the defendants under the F…