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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Friends of George's, Inc. v. Mulroy

2:23-cv-02176 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: March 30, 2023

Case Ongoing

In 2022, Jackson Pride attempted to hold a family-friendly drag show in a public park, but the organizers were forced to move the show indoors and set age restrictions due to a lawsuit from Tennessee State Representative Chris Todd, where he stated that the performance was child abuse and that drag should be “nonexistent” in his community. In response, Todd introduced a bill to the Tennessee legislature banning “adult cabaret performance[s]” in front of minors, which he stated was intended to c…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
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

Closed Date: June 30, 2022

This is a case about two Kentucky laws: one banning abortion at six weeks of pregnancy, and the other banning abortion based on the specific reasons for the person’s decision, such as a fetal diagnosis. On March 19, 2019, EMW Women’s Surgical Center, P.S.C. on behalf of itself, its staff and its patients, and a its owner, on behalf of himself and his patients filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky Louisville Division. The plaintiffs sued the …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service v. Miller

5:92-cv-00146 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Dec. 11, 1992

Closed Date: April 22, 1994

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy/P&A’s individual access authority for juveniles in residential settings. On December 11, 1992, Michigan Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Service filed this lawsuit against Gerard H. Miller in his official capacity as Director of Michigan’s Department of Social Services (Department) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The P&A filed this lawsuit under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act) …
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Soos v. Cuomo

1:20-cv-00651 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: June 10, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 16, 2021

As part of New York’s ban on gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic, attendance at houses of worship and outdoor religious gatherings was strictly limited. In June 2020, state and city officials allowed mass gatherings protesting the death of George Floyd, but continued to actively enforce prohibitions against congregational worship. On June 10, 2020, two Catholic priests and three Orthodox Jews filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. They alleged that Gove…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Democracy North Carolina v. North Carolina Board of Elections

1:20-cv-00457 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: May 22, 2020

Closed Date: March 28, 2023

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for more current information, see their tracker. COVID-19 Summary: This suit was filed on May 22, 2020, by two non-profit organizations and six individual plaintiffs against the state of North Carolina to challenge various election laws in light of COVID-19. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief. No outcome yet. On May 22, 2020, Democracy North Carolina, the League of Wom…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
West Virginia v. Department of Homeland Security

2:21-cv-00022 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2021

Case Ongoing

In this case, the state of West Virginia challenged the Biden administration's attempt to repeal the Migrant Protections Protocol (MPP) policy, which required asylum applicants to return to Mexico while their claims were being processed instead of being held in detention or paroled in the United States. West Virginia sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on August 19, 2021, alleging that its termination of the “Remain in Mex…
EDUCATION
Wadley v. University of Iowa

4:20-cv-00366 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 2020

Closed Date: March 30, 2023

This is a case about racial discrimination and race-based threats on the University of Iowa football team. On November 12, 2020, a group of thirteen Black former and current Iowa football players filed this lawsuit in the Iowa District Court for the State of Iowa, Polk County (a state trial court). However, shortly after, on December 1, 2020, the defendants successfully removed the case to a federal court, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, Central Division. The…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. City of Hesperia

5:19-cv-02298 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 2, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case involves a challenge to the City of Hesperia’s “crime-free rental housing” program, which required all rental property owners to evict tenants if they received notification from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department that tenants had engaged in any alleged “criminal activity” on or near the property. The program was adopted in 2015. The program also mandated criminal background checks and the Sheriff’s Department screening for tenants. The city later adopted a “rental housing …
EDUCATION
Manassa v. NCAA

1:20-cv-03172 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Dec. 10, 2020

Case Ongoing

This class action lawsuit was filed on December 10, 2020, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, on behalf of Black student-athletes at HBCUs. The plaintiffs alleged that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) engaged in discriminatory practices through the use of its Academic Performance Program in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981, 42 U.S.C. § 1985, and the District of Columbia Human Rights Act. Represented by private counsel counsel, the plaintiffs sought i…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Farm Labor Organizing Committee v. Roy Cooper

1:17-cv-01037 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Nov. 15, 2017

Case Ongoing

The Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) and several private parties filed this action November 15, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. They named North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and Administrative Office of the Courts Director Marion R. Warren as defendants. The ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and a private practitioner served as plaintiffs’ counsel. At issue was a North Carolina state law which limited the ability of farmworkers to or…