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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
State of California v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

4:19-cv-04975 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 16, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case is one of several brought nationwide by States, counties, and nonprofit organizations challenging the Trump administration's revised, final public charge rule, which expands the types of programs that the federal government will consider in public charge determinations to now also include previously excluded health, nutrition, and housing programs. In the fall of 2019, district court judges from across the countries granted preliminary injunctions enjoining the government from impleme…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Libertarian Party of Connecticut v. Merrill

3:20-cv-00467 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: April 4, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of November 19, 2020, Libertarian Party and Independent party of Connecticut challenged the State petition requirements for Ballot access for minor parties on the grounds that they create an undue burden on the parties and deprives voters of an effective choice of candidates. The ballot access requirements were modified durin…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Lucas v. Kmart Corp.

1:99-cv-01923 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 1999

Case Ongoing

On October 1, 1999 several disabled plaintiffs brought a national class action in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado against Kmart for violating the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act. Specifically, Plaintiffs alleged Kmart provided "insufficient parking for persons with disabilities, has counters that are too high for persons who use wheelchairs, fails to provide accessible check-out aisles to persons who use wheelchairs, fails t…
EDUCATION
L.V. v. Department of Education

1:03-cv-09917 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2003

Case Ongoing

On December 12, 2003, several New York City public school students with disabilities filed a lawsuit in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Plaintiffs filed under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA"), the14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794 ("Section 504"), and New York State Education Law §§ 4401. The acton was brought against the New York City Department of …
CHILD WELFARE
Troupe v. Barbour

3:10-cv-00153 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: March 30, 2010

Closed Date: June 30, 2017

On March 30th, 2010, four Medicaid-eligible children of Mississippi with behavioral or emotional disorders filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, under the Medicaid Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396d et seq., the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act against the Mississippi Department of Mental Health (the Department) and the Mississippi Division of Medicaid.The Complaint alleged that the State of…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Augusta Fiberglass Coating

3:00-cv-01255 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: April 24, 2000

Closed Date: 2007

In April 2000, the EEOC district office in Charlotte, North Carolina brought this suit against Augusta Fiberglass Coatings, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, on behalf of a class of individuals who were allegedly subject to racial discrimination in violation of the Civil Rights Act. The EEOC alleged that the defendant subjected black employees to racial slurs, insults, violent attacks, and threats. After extensive discovery and while two defense motions for su…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Frame v. City of Arlington

4:05-cv-00470 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: July 22, 2005

On July 22, 2005, a group of Arlington residents who have mobility impairments that require that they use motorized wheelchairs filed a lawsuit under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131 et seq., and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas for an injunction requiring the City to bring its curbs, sidewalks, and parking lots into AD…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Fuller v. City of Santa Fe

3:18-cv-00283 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Nov. 3, 2016

Closed Date: Sept. 13, 2019

This case was severed from West v. City of Hitchcock, 3:16-cv-00309 (S.D. Tex.). The case originally pursued claims against the Cities of Hitchcock and Santa Fe at the same time, but the court severed the two on September 19, 2018.The original complaint, filed on November 3, 2016 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, involved three individuals under threat of being jailed for failure to pay fines to the City of Santa Fe. The plaintiffs sued the City of Santa Fe, the Mun…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom

3:20-cv-00865 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: May 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a suit brought by a church against the State of California’s enforcement of stay-at-home orders and prohibition of in-person religious policies. The plaintiffs alleged that California’s four-stage “Reopening Plan,” had relaxed the stay-at-home order for certain retail organizations as part of Stage 2 of the reopening, however, churches were to be opened months later. On May 15, the court denied the TRO and the plaintiffs appealed. The Ninth Circuit denied the injunctio…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Little Rock Family Planning Services v. Rutledge

4:19-cv-00449 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: June 26, 2019

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is an ongoing lawsuit regarding Arkansas state laws that limited abortions. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the laws were amended to include abortion restrictions instituted by an executive order banning all elective procedures issued by Arkansas's governor on April 4, 2020. The court initially granted a temporary restraining order, which blocked the bans on abortion for a two-week period. However, on appeal the Eighth Circuit overturned the decision on April 22. On…