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CHILD WELFARE
Charlie and Nadine H. v. Corzine

2:99-cv-03678 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 1999

Closed Date: April 25, 2023

On August 4, 1999, a group of children in the legal and/or physical custody of the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) filed this lawsuit against the State of New Jersey and DYFS in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Represented in part by Children's Rights, Inc., the plaintiffs alleged that DYFS failed to protect them from abuse, failed to provide them with services such as medical care, and failed to provide DYFS caseworkers with adequate resources and…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

PRISON CONDITIONS
Hacker v. Cain

3:14-cv-00063 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2014

Closed Date: Jan. 10, 2018

On January 30, 2014, an inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. The plaintiff initially filed the suit pro se, but subsequently obtained private counsel and submitted his first amended complaint on September 15, 2014. The plaintiff sued the state of Louisiana, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (LDPSC), and the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola for serious transgressions …

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Appeal Dismissed

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Rogers v. United States Department of Health and Human Services

6:19-cv-01567 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: May 5, 2019

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2023

This case involves a Fourteenth Amendment challenge based on religious and sexual orientation discrimination.  On May 5, 2019, two prospective foster parents in South Carolina brought suit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Secretary of HHS; the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), the Assistant Secretary of ACF, and the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of ACF; the Governor of South Carolina; and the State Director of the South Carolina Departm…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

POLICING
Melendres v. Arpaio

2:07-cv-02513 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2007

Case Ongoing

This case concerns racial profiling by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (“MCSO”) in Arizona. On December 12, 2007, Latino motorists filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against the County of Maricopa, MCSO, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 2201. They sought to represent a class of Latino persons who have been or will be stopped, detained, interrogated, or searched by the Sheriff or his agents in …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Al Otro Lado v. Kelly

3:17-cv-02366 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: July 12, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case concerns the legality of the government’s treatment of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. On July 12, 2017, a group of Honduran and Mexican asylum seekers and Al Otro Lado, a legal service organization which supports indigent deportees, refugees, and migrants, filed this class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The pseudonymous plaintiffs fled gang-related and/or severe domestic violence and presented themselves at a Port of Entry (PO…
CHILD WELFARE
Sam M. v. Chafee

1:07-cv-00241 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: June 28, 2007

Case Ongoing

On June 28, 2007, ten named minor children in the legal custody of the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families ("DCYF") filed this putative class action lawsuit (by their Next Friends) in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island against the Governor of Rhode Island, Secretary of the Office of Health & Human Services, and Director of DCYF. The named plaintiffs were represented by the advocacy organization Children's Rights, then-Rhode Island Child Advocat…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Eknes-Tucker v. Ivey

2:22-cv-00184 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 19, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case is about Alabama’s Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act (“the Act”), which subjects anyone who “causes” a transgender minor to receive prohibited gender-affirming medical care to criminal penalties. Four transgender children and their parents, two medical professionals, and a reverend filed this lawsuit on April 19, 2022 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The plaintiffs—represented by the National Center for Lesbian Rights, GLBTQ Legal Advocates &…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Department of Fair Employment & Housing v. Law School Admissions Council (LSAC)

3:12-cv-01830 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 15, 2012

Closed Date: May 20, 2020

In March 2012, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) filed a complaint in the Alameda County Superior Court (San Francisco, CA) alleging that the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) discriminated against and routinely failed to grant appropriate accommodations for test takers with disabilities on the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT). DFEH claimed that LSAC violated the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the California Unruh Civil Rights Act, which inc…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Toomey v. State of Arizona

4:19-cv-00035 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2019

Case Ongoing

On January 23, 2019, a transgender man employed as an associate professor at the University of Arizona filed this lawsuit against the State, the Arizona Board of Regents, and the Arizona Department of Administration in United States District Court for the District of Arizona. The State provides healthcare coverage to state employees through a plan run by the Arizona Department of Administration. Although the plan generally covers medically necessary care, it categorically denies coverage for ge…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Karlo v. Pittsburgh Glass Works LLC.

2:10-cv-01283 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2010

Closed Date: May 8, 2017

On September 29, 2010, a class of male employees 50 years of age or older filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC (“PGW”) under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"), 29 U.S.C. § 621. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for lost compensation in front pay and back pay, attorneys' fees and costs, declaratory and injunctive relief, lost pension benefits, and liquidated damages, c…