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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Lee v. Virginia State Board of Elections

3:15-cv-00357 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: June 11, 2015

Closed Date: Dec. 13, 2016

This case challenged the legality of Virginia's voter identification law. On June 11, 2015, an African American Democrat voter who resided in Virginia, a Latino Democrat voter who resided in Virginia, and the Democratic Party of Virginia filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division. Plaintiffs sued the Virginia State Board of Elections and the Virginia Department of Elections under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the First Am…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Petteway v. Galveston County

3:22-cv-00057 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 15, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case centers around the 2021 Galveston County, Texas redistricting process and is part of a series of cases challenging the redistricting practices in Galveston County over a number of years. This was the first Voting Rights Act (VRA) case decided since the Supreme Court’s decision in Allen v. Milligan, 599 U. S. 1 (2023). Following the 2010 Census, county leaders adopted a redistricting plan for the county commissioners’ districts that would have effectively removed the single minority op…
POLICING
Abay v. Denver

1:20-cv-01616 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: June 4, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 25, 2023

This class-action suit was brought in Colorado state court on June 4, 2020. That same day, the case was removed by the defendants to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The complaint was filed in response to police tactics used against protesters in Denver following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN. Plaintiffs were individuals who participated in, observed, or wanted to participate in or observe the protests; they were represented by private counsel. The c…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C. v. Glisson [later Meier]

3:17-cv-00189 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: March 29, 2017

Closed Date: Dec. 14, 2023

This action was filed on March 29, 2017 by the ACLU, representing an individual doctor and his patients seeking abortions, as well as EMW Women’s Surgical Center, the only abortion clinic in the state of Kentucky, which was threatened with closure after the state found technical deficiencies in its agreements with a hospital and ambulance service. The suit was filed in the Western District of Kentucky against Kentucky’s Secretary for Health and Family Services and alleged violations of Substant…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
City of El Cenizo v. State of Texas

5:17-cv-00404 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: May 8, 2017

Case Ongoing

This suit challenged Texas's "Sanctuary City" legislation, Senate Bill 4 (SB4), which required local Texas law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration officials and punished them if they did not. Unlike the other suits in this special collection, this suit did not challenge President Trump's "Sanctuary City" Executive Order. There were three other cases addressing SB4 (in addition to this one). This case was before Judge Orlando L. Garcia, as was El Paso County v. Texas, No. 17-cv-004…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Committee For A Fair And Balanced Map v. Illinois State Board of Elections

1:11-cv-05065 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 27, 2011

Closed Date: Dec. 15, 2011

This was a challenge to the congressional redistricting plan adopted by the State of Illinois after the 2010 census (the “Adopted Map”). Plaintiffs were an organization called the Committee for a Fair and Balanced Map (a not for profit organization created by Illinois citizens concerned about the congressional redistricting process in Illinois), ten incumbent Republican members, ten incumbent Republican members of Congress, and six registered voters (including some who identify themselves as La…
JAIL CONDITIONS
United States v. County of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County Sheriff [USDOJ CRIPA Case]

2:15-cv-05903 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 2015

Case Ongoing

On June 6, 1996, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) notified Los Angeles County that it intended to investigate conditions in the Los Angeles County Jail system (the Jails) pursuant to the Civil Rights of the Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). In August of 1996, the DOJ toured the Jails with correctional mental health experts. The investigation found that the Jails were failing to provide care meeting constitutional standards to mentally ill inmates. On September 5, 1997, the DOJ…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
D.P. v. School Board of Palm Beach County

9:21-cv-81099 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: June 22, 2021

Closed Date: July 5, 2023

This case challenged the School District of Palm Beach County (“SDPBC”) for its utilization of the Baker Act, a Florida state law that authorized medical professionals and law enforcement officers to initiate an involuntary psychiatric examination of a person in specific circumstances, including when there was a reason to believe that 1) the person had a mental illness, and 2) because of that mental illness, they posed an immediate danger to themselves or others. On June 22, 2021, five students…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Ruelas v. County of Alameda

4:19-cv-07637 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 20, 2019

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit concerns individuals incarcerated in Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County, CA, who were allegedly forced to provide uncompensated labor for Aramark Correctional Services, LLC. When this suit was filed, Santa Rita Jail held individuals awaiting trial, individuals convicted of a crime awaiting sentencing, individuals in immigration detention, and individuals convicted of crimes serving county jail or state prison sentences. At the time of the lawsuit’s filing, Aramark Correctional Servi…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Karnoski v. Trump

2:17-cv-01297 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 22, 2021

On August 25, 2017, then-President Donald Trump issued a formal memorandum directing the United States military to prohibit transgender people from serving in the military and authorizing the military to discharge any transgender people currently serving. In response, on August 28, 2017, three transgender individuals, either currently serving or hoping to serve in the military, along with the Human Rights Campaign and the Gender Justice League, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for …