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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Pecunas v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

1:11-cv-00016 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2011

On January 20, 2011, Voices for Independence, a non-profit disability advocacy group, and a class of disabled individuals, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, against Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), and Millcreek Township. The Plaintiffs alleged that the pedestrian walkways, sidewalks, and intersections in Millcreek Township were not in compliance with the accessibility mandates of Title II of the Americans with Disa…

Class Action Complaint for Civil and Declaratory Relief

Pecunas v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Millcreek Township

Jan. 20, 2011

Motion to Approve Consent Decree and Partial Settlement Among Defendant Millcreek Township, PA and Plaintiffs [Consent Decree and Partial Settlement Attached]

Pecunas v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Millcreek Township

Oct. 4, 2011

Order [Granting Motion to Approve Consent Decree]

Pecunas v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Millcreek Township

Oct. 12, 2011

Joint Motion to Approve Joint Partial Settlement Among All Parties

Pecunas v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Nov. 21, 2016

Fifth Consent Decree and Partial Settlement Among Defendant Millcreek Township and Plaintiffs

Pecunas v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Nov. 30, 2017

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CHILD WELFARE
Jonathan R. v. Justice

3:19-cv-00710 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2019

This is a case about the administration of child welfare.  On September 30, 2019, twelve named plaintiffs, all children in the custody of West Virginia's Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), brought a class action complaint against the Governor of West Virginia Jim Justice, as well as the Cabinet Secretary for the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the Deputy Secretary for the West Virginia DHHS, and the Commissioner for Bureau of Children and Families (BC…
EDUCATION
Gaines v. National Collegiate Athletic Association

1:24-cv-01109 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: March 14, 2024

This case is about transgender athletes' participation in NCAA swimming contests. On March 14, 2024, a group of current and former women’s collegiate athletes filed a putative class action lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the University System of Georgia, and other related state and institutional officials, alleging that the NCAA’s policies concerning transgender athletes violated Title IX. They also brought claims under 42 USC § 1983, alleging that the polic…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
West Virginia v. Department of Homeland Security

2:21-cv-00022 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2021

Closed Date: July 5, 2023

In this case, the state of West Virginia challenged the Biden administration's attempt to repeal the Migrant Protections Protocol (MPP) policy, which required asylum applicants to return to Mexico while their claims were being processed instead of being held in detention or paroled in the United States. West Virginia sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on August 19, 2021, alleging that its termination of the “Remain in Mex…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
The Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana v. Knudsen

2:23-cv-00050 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: July 7, 2023

In May 2023, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed House Bill 359 (“HB 359”) into law, banning “drag story hours” in schools and libraries and prohibiting businesses and state-funded entities from allowing minors to see “sexually oriented performances.” Any library, school, library or school personnel, or public employee convicted of violating the act would be fined $5,000. Moreover, any minor who attended a drag story hour would be able to sue within 10 years and would be guaranteed statutory…
POLICING
DOJ Investigation of Memphis Police Department

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On July 27, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) launched a civil pattern or practice investigation into the City of Memphis, Tennessee (the City) and the Memphis Police Department (MPD). The announcement came six months after the city of Memphis released video of the brutal beating of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols by Memphis police officers. The DOJ announced the investigation would focus on MPD’s use of force, its stops, searches, and arrests, and whether MPD engaged in discriminatory polici…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Diggs v. Mici

4:22-cv-40003 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 2022

This is a case about prison officials who allegedly inflicted weeks of unprovoked violence on prisoners, particularly prisoners of color. On January 10, 2022, nine Black and Latino men incarcerated at Massachusetts' Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center (SBCC) filed this class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the Massachusetts Department of Corrections. The plaintiffs sued state officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of the Eighth Amendmen…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Brandt v. Rutledge

4:21-cv-00450 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: May 25, 2021

On April 6, 2021, the Arkansas legislature passed H.B. 1570 — the "Save Adolescents from Experimentation” (SAFE) Act — over the governor’s veto. The Safe Act banned healthcare professionals from providing gender transition procedures, including puberty blockers and hormones, to anyone under 18 or from referring anyone under 18 to any healthcare professional for such procedures. Additionally, the SAFE Act prohibited coverage of gender transition procedures for minors by Medicaid or private insur…

Injunction Granted

Reversed

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Beck v. Boeing Company

2:00-cv-00301 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 25, 2000

Closed Date: June 6, 2008

On February 25, 2000, 37 individuals filed a class action complaint against Boeing Co. and its subsidiaries and divisions in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs, all female workers at various Boeing facilities, claimed that the company had discriminated against them and asked the court for injunctive relief, back pay, and benefits, alleging that the company had pursued and/or failed to eliminate policies that, while they may have seemed neutra…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Association of American Universities v. National Science Foundation

1:25-cv-11231 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: May 5, 2025

This case raises a challenge to cuts in government funding for university research. On May 5, 2025, 13 public and private universities and three associations of universities sued the National Science Foundation (NSF) and its acting director in the District of Massachusetts, challenging cuts to "indirect cost rates" for NSF-funded research grant formulas. While direct costs are those directly attributable to a specific project, indirect costs are costs necessary for research but are not directly…

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appeal Dismissed