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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Lovely H. v. Eggleston

1:05-cv-06920 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 2005

On August 3, 2005, a group of people with disabilities filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the New York Human Resources Administration (NYHRA). The complaint was brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and 42 U.S.C. §1983, alleging violation of these Acts, as well as the Due Process Clauses of the U.S. and New York Constitutions and the New York State and City civil rights statutes and regul…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Georgia Muslim Voter Project v. Kemp

1:18-cv-04789 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2018

Closed Date: April 16, 2019

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) This case concerns a lawsuit challenging a signature matching provision of Georgia election law.
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Trump

2:17-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 2022

This class action challenged President Trump's January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) which prohibited admission to the US for nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The plaintiffs commenced this lawsuit on February 7, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs were represented by the ACLU of Washington and private counsel. On November 29, 2017, this case was consolidated with Jewish Family Service of Seattle v. Trump, No…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
CODING IN PROCESS
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

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) In 2019, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Kentucky filed a lawsuit to challenge two Kentucky laws: one banned on abortion at 6-weeks of pregnancy, and the other law banned abortion based on the specific reasons for the person’s decision, such as a fetal diagnosis. 
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Franciscan Alliance, LLC v. Burwell

7:16-cv-00108 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 2016

Case Ongoing

On August 23, 2016, states and religiously-affiliated health organizations filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The plaintiffs sued the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Secretary under the Administrative Procedure Act and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act claiming violations of these Acts and their First, Fifth, Tenth, and Eleventh Amendment rights. The plaintiffs claimed that new regulations promulgated by HHS, which redefin…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Falls v. DeSantis

4:22-cv-00166 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: April 22, 2022

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) This case is about a Florida state law that, among other things, prevented DEI discussions in schools.
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Yazzie v. Hobbs

3:20-cv-08222 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Aug. 26, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 10/31/2020, Plaintiffs allege that state law requiring that mailed ballots be received, not postmarked, before 7PM on Election Day to be counted is unconstitutional given unique circumstances for Navajo Nation, COVID-19, and USPS reorganizational issues.
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Zepeda Rivas v. Jennings

3:20-cv-02731 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class-action lawsuit brought on April 20, 2020, by seven individuals in immigration detention at the Mesa Verde Detention Facility (MVDF) and the Yuba County Jail (YCJ), seeking immediate release from unsafe conditions of the jail in light of the global coronavirus pandemic. The court granted the request for TRO on April 29, requiring ICE to provide information and access to detainees to facilitate a process of considering bail requests. On June 9, the court granted …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Wiginton v. CB Richard Ellis

1:02-cv-06832 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2002

Case Ongoing

On September 25, 2002, female employees of CB Richard Ellis filed a lawsuit against their employer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiffs alleged that they had been discriminated against on the basis of their gender and asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as compensatory and punitive damages. Specifically, the plaintiffs contended that there was a s…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Conde-Vidal v. Garcia-Padilla

3:14-cv-01253 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: March 25, 2014

Case Ongoing

On March 25, 2014, a same-sex couple filed a pro se complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The couple, legally married in another state, asked the District Court to enter an order ruling Article 68 of the Civil Code of Puerto Rico, 31 L.P.R.A. § 221, unconstitutional. The law in question limits marriage to unions between one man and one woman. The plaintiffs argued it violates their rights to due process and equal protection in violation of the Fourteenth…