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REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Whole Woman's Health v. Smith

1:16-cv-01300 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2016

Closed Date: Aug. 23, 2022

Whole Woman's Health and several other reproductive healthcare providers filed this lawsuit against the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas on December 12, 2016. Plaintiffs were represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights as well as private counsel. The suit challenged proposed regulations published by the Texas Department of State Health Services. These proposed regulations would require embryonic and fetal tissue …
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood Arizona Incorporated v. Brnovich

2:15-cv-01022 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 4, 2015

Closed Date: May 8, 2020

This is a case about abortion providers and physicians challenging the constitutionality of a provision within Arizona's S.B. 1318 (the “Act”). On June 4, 2015, Planned Parenthood of Arizona, alongside a private physician practice and two board-certified obstetricians and gynecologists, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, seeking a declaratory judgment and preliminary injunctive relief on behalf of themselves and their patients. The plaintiffs sue…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Noel v. New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission

1:11-cv-00237 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 13, 2011

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2020

On January 13, 2011, New York wheelchair users and several disability rights organizations filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the New York City Human Rights Law alleging that TLC discriminated against persons with disabilities by maintaining a fleet unsu…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Liberty Resources, Inc. v. the City of Philadelphia

2:19-cv-03846 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 26, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Rehabilitation Act class action case brought in 2019 against the City of Philadelphia in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Judge Harvey Bartle III and Magistrate Judge Elizabeth T. Hey presided over the case. The class action suit was brought by Liberty Resources, an independent living center that serves Philadelphian residents with disabilities, along with several related non-profits and a number of Philadelph…
EDUCATION
Cook v. McKee

1:18-cv-00645 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Nov. 28, 2018

Closed Date: Jan. 11, 2022

On November 28, 2018, fourteen public school students filed this putative class action lawsuit against the State of Rhode Island and its state officials in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island.  Represented by Michael Rebel, the executive director of the Center for Educational Equity at Teachers College, Columbia University, as well as the the Rhode Island Center for Justice and a private law firm, the students alleged that the State had deprived them of their rights under t…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana and Kentucky, Inc. v. Cameron

3:22-cv-00198 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: April 14, 2022

Case Ongoing

Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana and Kentucky (Planned Parenthood) filed this suit on April 14, 2022 in the Western District of Kentucky in response to the enactment of the Humanity in Healthcare Act of 2022 (the Act) on April 13. The Act imposed significant restrictions on abortion providers, including imposing vast reporting requirements and banning all abortions after fifteen weeks, with very narrow exceptions. Under the Act, providers risked significant fines and …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
J.L. v. Cissna

5:18-cv-04914 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2018

Closed Date: March 3, 2022

This class action lawsuit challenged changes during the Trump administration to the operation of Special Immigrant Juveniles (SIJ) Status program.  SIJ Status provides a pathway to lawful permanent residency in the U.S. for immigrants under the age of 21 who have been found dependent on a juvenile court because parental reunification is not possible and return to country of nationality is not in the juvenile's best interest.  Unlike other immigration remedies, which are processed solely before …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Benavidez v. Irving Independent School District (Texas)

3:08-cv-00924 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: June 2, 2008

Closed Date: June 18, 2010

This is a case about an independent school district's at-large system of electing members to its Board of Trustees which allegedly denied Hispanic voters the opportunity to participate meaningfully in the electoral process. On June 2, 2008, a Hispanic candidate for the Irvine Independent School District Board of Trustees filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The plaintiff sued the Irving Independent School District and the Board trustees in their offi…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Oklahoma v. Biden

5:21-cv-01069 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Nov. 4, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about President Biden's executive order requiring federal contractors' employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. On November 4, 2021, the state of Oklahoma, its governor, and its attorney general filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. The plaintiffs sued President Biden, the United States, and the following federal offices (or officials associated with those offices): the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, the Federal Acquisition Reg…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc. v. Bentley

2:13-cv-00405 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: June 11, 2013

Closed Date: Aug. 5, 2016

This is a case challenging an abortion restriction in the state of Alabama. According to the plaintiffs, § 4(c) of Alabama HB 57, the “Women’s Health and Safety Act,” sought to restrict women’s access to abortion services in Alabama by imposing a medically unnecessary requirement that all physicians who perform abortions have staff privileges at a local hospital. Alabama had five licensed abortion clinics. Were it to go into effect, this law would effectively shut down three clinics in Montgome…