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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Pro-Football, Inc. v. Blackhorse

1:14-cv-01043 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2014

Closed Date: March 20, 2018

Prior to this case, five Native American petitioners brought an administrative complaint seeking the cancellation of the Washington Redskins’ (Pro-Football) trademarks containing the word “Redskins” because, they said, the word disparaged Native Americans and violated Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1520(a). The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“TTAB”) ruled in the petitioners’ favor and cancelled six federal trademark registrations containin…
EDUCATION
Barrett v. West Chester Univeristy

2:03-cv-04978 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Sept. 4, 2003

Closed Date: 2007

On September 4, 2003, female students, on behalf of themselves and all similarly situated individuals, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681 et seq. against West Chester University of Pennsylvania of the State System of Higher Education, also known as West Chester University. Plaintiffs, represented by private and public interest counsel, asked the court for declaratory …
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Honeyfund.com, Inc. v. DeSantis

4:22-cv-00227 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: June 22, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about legislation impacting private employers' ability to offer DEI trainings. This case was filed on June 22, 2022, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the Florida attorney general, the senior chair of the Florida Commission on Human Relations, the vice chair, and nine commissioners of the commission. It was initially assigned to Judge Allen Winsor. The plaintiffs, private employers with DEI programs in Florida, …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Siouxland Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Associate

4:04-cv-04215 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: Dec. 28, 2004

Case Ongoing

The Denver and New Mexico Offices of the EEOC filed this action in the District Court for the District of South Dakota. The Defendant was Siouxland Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Associates, LLP, an outpatient surgical center for oral and maxillofacial surgery. The controversy involved the alleged termination of one complaint because of her pregnancy, and the alleged failure to hire the other complainant due to her sex. The lawsuit was filed in December 2004 and was tried to a jury in April 2007.…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
National Federation of the Blind v. Lamone

1:14-cv-01631 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

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NATIONAL SECURITY
ACLU v. Central Intelligence Agency

1:10-cv-00436 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 3, 2010

Case Ongoing

On January 3, 2010, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the government seeking disclosure of documents related to the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) use of predator drones for the purpose of targeted killings of individuals, including a United States citizen. The Departments of Defense, Justice, and State provided some records but the CIA denied the request in a "Glomar" response, which declines either to confirm or deny the existence of …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Hartman v. Albright

1:77-cv-02019 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 25, 1977

Case Ongoing

On November 25, 1977, Carolee Brady Hartman filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16 against the United States International Communication Agency (the "Agency"), formerly known as the United States Information Agency, in the United States District Court, District of Columbia. Hartman, represented by both private and public counsel, asked the court for injunctive relief and damages, claiming that the Agency's hiring, promotion, and salary practices constituted patterns or practices of discrim…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Tuyizere v. Utica City School District Board of Education

6:15-cv-00488 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: April 27, 2015

Case Ongoing

In early 2015, six refugees filed this class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York (Judge David Hurd). The plaintiffs sued the Utica School District under the Declaratory Relief Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202, claiming violations of the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C § 1703; Section 601 of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq.; New York Education Law § 3202(1); the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection C…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. OBERTO SAUSAGE CO.

2:05-cv-00025 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 5, 2005

Closed Date: July 1, 2010

The EEOC's Seattle district office sued Oberto Sausage Company on January 5, 2005 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The EEOC's complaint alleged that the defendant violated Title VII when it discriminated based on religion (Islam) by failing to accommodate six employees' prayer practices and ultimately terminated them because of their religious practices. The parties entered into a consent decree on July 1, 2005, which stipulated that the defendant would pay t…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Texas Ear, Nose & Throat Consultants

4:05-cv-03374 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2005

Closed Date: 2007

In September 2005, the Houston District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Texas Ear, Nose & Throat Consultants, P.L.L.C. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas alleging retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the defendant harassed and fired the charging party, a female employee, for reporting interactions between a doctor and nurse that she believed to be sexual harassment. After some discovery and scheduling orde…