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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Clackamas County v. Oregon Advocacy Center

3:04-cv-00627 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: May 7, 2004

Closed Date: Jan. 6, 2006

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency’s records access authority for outpatient assessment peer review records for a deceased minor. On May 7, 2004, Oregon’s Clackamas County filed this lawsuit against Oregon Advocacy Center (OAC), Oregon’s P&A, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Clackamas sought declaratory relief that OAC were not entitled to receive records under the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Mental Illness Act (PAIMI) for a minor …
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. Wilson

3:21-cv-00508 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: Feb. 18, 2021

Closed Date: July 25, 2022

Planned Parenthood of South Atlantic (PPSA), Greenville Women’s Clinic (GWC), and an individual abortion provider on behalf of himself and his patients brought this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to challenge the constitutionality of the South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat Protection from Abortion Act (hereinafter “SB 1” or “the Act”), which banned abortion after the detection of fetal or embryonic cardiac activity. This moment can occur as early as approximately the sixth week of pregna…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
R.F M. v. Nielsen

1:18-cv-05068 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: June 7, 2018

Closed Date: June 1, 2022

This class action lawsuit challenged a U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) change to qualifications for the Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) program during the Trump administration. On June 7, 2018, this lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by three immigrant youths, aged 19 to 20, whose SIJS applications had been denied even though they would have been eligible before the change. Represented by private counsel and the Legal Aid …
POLICING
Coleman v. Brookside

2:22-cv-00423 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 4, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a class-action lawsuit challenging a small town’s practice of over-policing to generate revenue through fines and fees. On April 4, 2022, a group of individuals whom the Brookside police detained in traffic stops filed this complaint and motion for class certification in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. The plaintiffs sued the Town of Brookside, Alabama, Jett’s Towing, and three Brookside police officers in their individual capacities, seeking redress for Fourth…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Whitman-Walker Health v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:20-cv-01630 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 22, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the Trump Administration's limits on LGBTQ+ protections under the Affordable Care Act. On June 22, 2020, a group of LGBTQ-focused private healthcare providers, organizations providing community services, health professional associations, and individual providers filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), challenging a revised HHS regulation issued under Section 1557 …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Coalition on Homelessness v. City and County of San Francisco

4:22-cv-05502 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 27, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case is a challenge to San Francisco’s policies regarding homelessness. The plaintiffs, several homeless individuals and an advocacy organization allege that San Francisco has enacted anti-homelessness ordinances and statutes that criminalize the unhoused population of the city, despite lack of access to shelter beds. The plaintiffs claim that in its efforts to “solve” the homelessness crisis, the City did not invest in adequate shelter to meet the needs of its unhoused population. Instead…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Messina v. City of Fort Lauderdale

0:21-cv-60168 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Jan. 25, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about a challenge to Sections 16-82 and 25-267 of the Fort Lauderdale. Code of Ordinances, which prohibited panhandling in a variety of public places. On January 25, 2021, two men, one living in a public shelter and one without a permanent home, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The plaintiffs sued the City of Fort Lauderdale under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by both the Florida Justice Institute and private counsel, th…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Baby Doe v. Piehota

1:16-cv-00373 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: April 5, 2016

Closed Date: Sept. 14, 2017

On April 5, 2016, nineteen American Muslim individuals listed in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's ("FBI") Terrorist Screening Database filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS"), the FBI, the Transportation Security Administration ("TSA"), and the Terrorist Screening Center ("TSC"). Represented by the Council on American-Islamic Relations and private counsel, the plaintiffs brought this…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood v. Lance

1:00-CV-00353 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: June 23, 2000

Case Ongoing

On June 23, 2000, Planned Parenthood of Idaho and a board-certified OB-GYN physician brought this suit against the Attorney General of Idaho and the Prosecuting Attorney of Ada County, challenging S.B. 1299, which required women to show “positive identification” before obtaining an abortion and also parental consent before a minor could obtain an abortion. Represented by attorneys from the ACLU and Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Plaintiffs argued that the law, which would amend Chapt…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Harris v. Quinn

1:10-cv-02477 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 22, 2010

Case Ongoing

On April 22, 2010, individuals who provide home care to disabled individuals enrolled in Illinois Medicaid-waiver programs filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the State of Illinois, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare of Illinois & Indiana, SIEU Local 73, and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Council 31. The plaintiffs, represented by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, …