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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Alma v. Noah's Ark Processors, LLC

4:20-cv-03141 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: Nov. 23, 2020

Closed Date: March 1, 2021

This is a case about a meat processing plant that refused to implement basic COVID-19 precautions such as physical distancing, face masks, sick leave, and onsite testing, despite it being a uniquely susceptible environment for COVID-19. On November 23, 2020, three former employees at Noah’s Ark meat processing plant and a doctor filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska. The plaintiffs sued Noah’s Ark Processors under the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region, Inc. v. Parson

2:19-cv-04155 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: July 30, 2019

Case Ongoing

On July 30, 2019, the ACLU filed this litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri to challenge Missouri laws that would ban abortion in the state at nearly every stage of pregnancy. The plaintiffs, a non-profit reproductive care provider and a licensed obstetrician-gynecologist, sued the Governor of Missouri, the state Attorney General, the Circuit Attorney for the City of St. Louis, the President of the State Medical Board, and the Director of the Department of H…
EDUCATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Simpson-Vlach v. Michigan Department of Education

5:21-cv-11532 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 30, 2021

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.)Parents of special needs children covered by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act brought this class action against the State of Michigan and local education agencies alleging that the defendants failed to provide adequate services to their children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Johnson [later Kelly, Nielsen]

4:15-cv-00250 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 8, 2015

Case Ongoing

This is a class action about conditions of confinement in the "hold rooms" used by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for short-term detention of noncitizens apprehended near the border. The case deals with all the hold rooms in the Tucson Sector, which consists of nine "stations" covering most of Arizona and accounted for 18% of all border patrol apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border in 2014. Most recently, the District Court entered a comprehensive opinion finding conditions un…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Morgan v. U.S. Soccer Federation

2:19-cv-01717 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 8, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the Women’s National Soccer Team (WNT) suing the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) for gender discrimination. On March 8, 2019, members of the WNT filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs sued the USSF under the Equal Pay Act (EPA), 29 U.S.C. § 206(d) et seq., and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. Represented by Winston & Strawn LLP, the plaintiffs sought damages…
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Related School Desegregation Cases in the Western District of Louisiana

[Many dockets; see defendants] | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1964

Case Ongoing

BackgroundFor several years after the Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), school districts in Louisiana made little progress towards desegregation. But by the late 1960s, aggressive efforts were underway in federal courts in the state to challenge segregated public school systems. There was little uniformity in outcomes or remedies, but plaintiffs remained dissatisfied with the slow pace of progress. To increase uniformity and effectiveness, the Fifth Circuit…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Missouri v. Biden

4:21-cv-01329 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Nov. 10, 2021

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: In this case, several states sued to block the federal vaccine mandate which required Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers to become vaccinated prior to December 6, 2021. The judge granted the preliminary injunction on November 29, 2021, which enjoined the defendants from implementing the vaccination requirements in the states party to the lawsuit. The defendants appealed to the Eighth Circuit and moved for a stay of the injunction, which was denied by the …
POLICING
Mitchell v. City of Los Angeles

2:16-cv-01750 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 14, 2016

Case Ongoing

On March 14, 2016, several homeless individuals (one with a disability) and two organizations that help homeless individuals filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against the City of Los Angeles, seeking a declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, and damages under 28 U.S.C. § 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and state law. The plaintiffs alleged continuing violations of the plaintiffs' rights under the Fourth, Fift…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
S.A. et al v. Trump

3:18-cv-03539 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 13, 2018

Case Ongoing

Applicants and beneficiaries of the Central American Minors (CAM) parole program filed this class-action lawsuit on June 13, 2018, challenging the Trump Administration's termination of the program and its revocation of parole for nearly 3,000 children. Seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as that the defendants be equitably estopped, the plaintiffs alleged that the termination of the program violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), regulations promulgated by the Department…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Eilenberg v. City of Colton

8:20-cv-00767 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

Closed Date: April 8, 2021

This is a case about a constitutional right to gather signatures to qualify a city ballot initiative during COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency. On April 20, 2020, the manager of a ballot initiative to allow food trucks to operate in the City of Colton, CA (which was to have appeared on the November 2020 city general election ballots) sued the city in the Central District of Californdia under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The manager proceeded pro se. At the time, California was under a stay-at-home order…