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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 …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Bush v. Biden

7:21-cv-00272 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: July 13, 2021

Case Ongoing

The General Land Office of the State of Texas and its then-commissioner, George P. Bush (collectively, “GLO”) sued President Biden, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Secretary of DHS on July 13, 2021, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. GLO challenged Proclamation 10142 (“the Proclamation”), which ordered DHS to stop construction of the southern U.S. border wall for which Congress had appropriated money. GLO alleged that the Proclamation and DHS’s obs…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Washington v. United States Food and Drug Administration

1:23-cv-03026 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 23, 2023

Case Ongoing

On February 23, 2023, ten states led by the state of Washington filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington against the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”).  The states sought an injunction against the January 2023 Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (“REMS”) restrictions imposed by the FDA on the drug mifepristone, a commonly prescribed abortion drug.  The states claimed t…
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…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Hopkins v. Jegley

4:17-cv-00404 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: June 20, 2017

Closed Date: July 13, 2022

This is a case challenging abortion restrictions in Arkansas. On June 20, 2017, a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and abortion provider filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. The plaintiff sued Arkansas under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause. Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and a cooperating attorney from the ACLU of Arkan…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Krueger v. New York Telephone Co.

1:93-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 13, 1993

Closed Date: Oct. 1, 2018

On January 13, 1993, a group of former employees of New York Telephone Company age 40 or older filed a lawsuit under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("the ADEA"), the New York Human Rights Law ("the HRL"), and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") against defendants New York Telephone Company ("NYT") and NYNEX Corporation in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Foley Square Division. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Alabama Disability Advocacy Program v. Wood

2:07-cv-00434 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 16, 2007

Closed Date: Sept. 10, 2008

This is a case about the scope of a Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency’s records, facilities, and residents access authority under its enabling statutes. On May 16, 2007, Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Project (ADAP), Alabama’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. ADAP filed this lawsuit against J. Walter Wood, Jr., Executive Director of Alabama Department of Youth Services (DYS), in his official capacity under the Developmental Disabilities As…
POLICING
Street v. O'Toole

4:19-cv-02590 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Sept. 17, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a federal class action lawsuit for monetary damages against the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) for its response to anti-police brutality protests on September 17, 2017. For the injunctive suit filed by the ACLU of Missouri against the City of St. Louis that also arose out of the events of September 17, 2017, see Ahmad v. City of St. Louis. Following the acquittal on September 15, 2017, of an SLMPD officer for the 2011 killing of the 24-year-old Black man, Anthony Lamar…
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…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Davis v. Jones

3:17-cv-00820 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: July 19, 2017

Case Ongoing

On July 19, 2017, death-row inmates in Florida filed this lawsuit alleging that the practice of placing death-row inmates in solitary confinement indefinitely violated their Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Specifically, they claimed that the permanent solitary confinement posed a serious risk of harm to the health and safety of the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida against employees of the Florida Department of Co…