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REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
CODING IN PROCESS
EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C. v. Meier

3:19-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: March 14, 2019

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) In 2019, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Kentucky filed a lawsuit to challenge two Kentucky laws: one banned on abortion at 6-weeks of pregnancy, and the other law banned abortion based on the specific reasons for the person’s decision, such as a fetal diagnosis. 
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
June Medical Services LLC v. Caldwell

3:14-cv-00525 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 2014

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging an abortion restriction in the state of Louisiana. Act 620 prevented doctors from providing abortion services in the state unless they secured admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of where they provide abortion care. On August 22, 2014, three women's reproductive health clinics and two individual doctors who perform abortions filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. The plaintiffs sued the Attorney General of Lo…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
U.S. v. City of New York (Kings County Hospital)

1:10-cv-00060 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 7, 2010

Closed Date: Jan. 17, 2017

According to the press release issued by the Justice Department regarding this case, the facts were as follows: On December 7, 2007, the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) began an investigation into the care and treatment of mental health patients at Kings County Hospital Center (KCHC)'s Behavioral Health Service (BHS). "The investigation uncovered systemic deficiencies that violated the constitutional and civil rights of patients with psychiatric disabilities. These viol…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

4:19-cv-05210 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case is one of several brought nationwide by states, counties, and non-profit 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 country granted preliminary injunctions enjoining the government from implemen…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Reclaim Idaho v. Little

1:20-cv-00268 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: June 6, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 11, 2020

On June 6, 2020, Reclaim Idaho, an Idaho political action committee, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. Represented by a private law firm, the plaintiff sued the Governor and Secretary of State of Idaho under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the federal Declaratory Judgment Act. The complaint alleged that the State’s strict enforcement of in-person signature and deadline requirements for ballot initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic violated voters’ rights under the …
POLICING
CODING IN PROCESS
Taylor v. City of Saginaw

1:17-cv-11067 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 5, 2017

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) This case is about the use of chalk marks on tires to determine whether a vehicle has sat in a space for too long, and whether that amounts to an unreasonable search.
DISABILITY RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Rivero, et al. v. Galvin, et al.

1:20-cv-11808 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

None
DISABILITY RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Equip for Equality v. Ingalls Memorial Hosp

1:03-cv-00797 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

None
EDUCATION
Biediger v. Quinnipiac University

3:09-cv-00621 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: April 16, 2009

Case Ongoing

In March 2009, Quinnipiac University announced plans to cut its women's volleyball team, men's golf team, and men's outdoor track team. At the same time, the University pledged to create a new varsity sport, competitive cheerleading, for the 2009-10 season. Plaintiffs, who were five current Quinnipiac women's varsity volleyball players and their coach, filed this lawsuit against Quinnipiac in response, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, on April 16, 2009. They were r…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Multi-Ethnic Immigrant Workers Organizing Network v. City of Los Angeles

2:07-cv-03072 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 9, 2007

Case Ongoing

On May 9, 2007 organizations and individuals present at a May 1st immigration rally in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, CA filed suit against the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Police Department in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, included the Multi-ethnic Immigrant Workers Organizing Network, the Korean Immigrant Workers Alliance, the Coalition for Humane …