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Equality Florida v. DeSantis

4:22-cv-00134 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: March 31, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case, filed on March 31, 2022, challenged Florida House Bill 1557, the Florida statute widely known as the "Don't Say Gay" law. H.B. 1557 banned any school instruction on "sexual orientation and gender identity." Equality Florida and Family Equality, two non-profit, public interest organizations, together with individual students, parents, and a teachers brought this suit against the State of Florida, Florida Department of Education, the Florida Board of Education, state officials in their…
EDUCATION
B. P. J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education

2:21-cv-00316 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: May 26, 2021

Case Ongoing

On May 26, 2021, the plaintiff, an 11-year-old transgender girl and student in Harrison County, West Virginia filed this lawsuit through her mother in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.  Represented by the ACLU of West Virginia, with attorneys from the ACLU, Lambda Legal and Cooley LLP, the plaintiff challenged an April 2021 state statute, H.B. 3293, that banned girls who are transgender from participating in school sports consistent with their gender identity. …
EDUCATION
Doe v. Vermilion Parish School Board

6:09-cv-01565 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Sept. 8, 2009

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2019

On September 8, 2009, two middle school students by and through their mother filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana challenging the Vermilion Parish School District’s sex segregation policies. The complaint alleged that Rene A. Rost Middle School (RRMS) was involuntarily and unlawfully segregating boys and girls during the 2009-2010 school year in violation of Title IX, the Title IX implementing regulations of the United States Department of Agricult…
EDUCATION
G.G. [Gavin Grimm] v. Gloucester County School Board

4:15-cv-00054 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: June 11, 2015

Closed Date: Aug. 27, 2021

On June 11, 2015, Gavin Grimm, a sixteen-year-old transgender boy filed this lawsuit against the Gloucester County School Board in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The plaintiff, represented by the national and Virginia ACLU, proceeded under Title IX and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He sought a preliminary and permanent injunction allowing him to use the boys' restroom at school, claiming that the school board's policy of requiring transgender students to use a private restroo…
EDUCATION
Radwan v. University of Connecticut Board of Trustees

3:16-cv-02091 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2016

Case Ongoing

On December 19, 2016, a female student at the University of Connecticut brought this action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut against the University of Connecticut (“UConn”) Board of Trustees and three of the university’s employees. This lawsuit arose from the student’s removal from the women’s soccer team and the termination of her one-year athletic scholarship following a hand gesture made during celebrations on the soccer field after victory that was broadcast on tel…
EDUCATION
Balow v. Michigan State University

1:21-cv-00044 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Jan. 15, 2021

Closed Date: Jan. 23, 2023

This is an ongoing Title IX case about Michigan State University's attempt to eliminate its varsity aquatics program. In October 2020, MSU –– a NCAA Division 1 school –– announced it would discontinue its women's and men's varsity swimming and diving programs at the end of the 2020-2021 season due to budget cuts. Eleven women on the team then hired private counsel to sue the University, president, its board of trustees, and its director of athletics. Their January 15, 2021 complaint, filed in t…
EDUCATION
Ohlensehlen v. The University of Iowa

3:20-cv-00080 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 7, 2021

On September 25, 2020, four members of the University of Iowa women's swimming and diving team filed a class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa against UI after it announced it was cutting the program. In October, plaintiffs amended the complaint adding two new named plaintiffs. Plaintiffs alleged that UI violated its obligation under Title IX by failing to provide female students with an equal opportunity to participate in athletics as compared to the oppo…
EDUCATION
Cohen v. Brown University

1:92-cv-00197 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: April 9, 1992

Case Ongoing

The Initial Title IX Settlement (1992 – 1998) In 1991, Brown University announced that it was going to eliminate four sports: women’s volleyball, women’s gymnastics, men’s golf, and men’s water polo. Brown explained that the teams could still compete as club sports, but it was no longer able to provide university funding for financial reasons. At that time, Brown’s student body was 52 percent male and 48 percent female, but 63 percent of its athletes were male. On April 9, 1992, affected women …
EDUCATION
Fisk v. Board of Trustees of the California State University

3:22-cv-00173 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2022

Case Ongoing

Seventeen female varsity athletes sued San Diego State University (SDSU) for depriving women of equal athletic financial aid in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California on February 7, 2022. The case was assigned to District Judge Todd W. Robinson.  Plaintiffs sought class certification for all current and former female students who participated in intercollegiate varsity athletics at SDSU in or since the 2019-20…
EDUCATION
Cole v. Montana University System

9:21-cv-00088 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is an ongoing Title IX case about the unequal treatment of women employed within the Montana University System (MUS) and specifically at the University of Montana-Missoula (UM). Since Title IX passed in 1972, MUS and UM, despite adopting facially non-discriminatory policies, allegedly fostered a “good ol’ boys club” culture favoring male athletes and employees while excluding women from the same opportunities. In 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice found that UM violated Title IX and fail…