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DISABILITY RIGHTS
The Arc of Iowa v. Reynolds

4:21-cv-00264 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Sept. 3, 2021

Closed Date: March 19, 2024

On September 3, 2021, individual student plaintiffs, the Iowa ARC (a nonprofit dedicated to advocating for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities), and Iowa's Protection and Advocacy (P&A) system challenged the state of Iowa's k-12 school mask ban by filing a lawsuit against the state governor and certain school districts alleging the legislature's action to prohibit the wearing of masks during the covid-19 pandemic violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 w…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
State Of Texas v. United States Department of Homeland Security

6:24-cv-00306 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 2024

Case Ongoing

In this case, a federal court permanently vacated the Biden Administration's policy that made it easier for some undocumented people to receive parole and green cards if they were the spouse or step-child of a U.S. citizen. This lawsuit was filed by 16 states on August 23, 2024 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The states sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), as well as the DHS Secretary, the Director …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Flores v. Town of Islip

2:18-cv-03549 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: June 18, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 14, 2020

This case alleged that the town of Islip, New York's election scheme unconstitutionally diluted the strength of the Latino vote.  On June 18, 2018, Latino voters and a New York-based voting rights group sued the town of Islip, New York; the Islip Town Board; and the Suffolk County Board of Elections in the Eastern District of New York. Plaintiffs claimed that the city's at-large election scheme had the effect of impairing Islip’s minority Latino voters right to an equal opportunity to participa…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States of America v. State of New York

1:10-cv-01214 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 12, 2010

Case Ongoing

This is a case about US citizens' right to vote while overseas. This action was brought on October 12, 2010 by the Attorney General of the United States (“Attorney General”) on behalf of the United States pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (“UOCAVA”) against the State of New York. UOCAVA requires states to transmit validly requested ballots to UOCAVA voters not later than 45 days before any federal election. The Attorney General alleged that at least nine New Yo…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Hoffard v. County of Cochise

4:20-cv-00243 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 3, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 2, 2022

This is a case about a disabled voter's right to be given public accommodations in order to vote.  On June 3, 2020, plaintiff, a registered Arizona voter with multiple physical disabilities that limit her ability to walk and stand, filed suit in the District Court of Arizona against Defendants, Cochise County and the Elections Director of Cochise County. Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint on August 27, 2020 claiming that Defendants  discriminated against her on the basis of her disability due…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Williamson v. Maciol

9:20-cv-00537 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: May 12, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 24, 2022

This is a class action about the unequal treatment of female general custody prisoners in the Oneida County Jail (“the Jail”). On May 12, 2020, three female general custody prisoners filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York on behalf of themselves and the jail's female general custody prisoners (present or future). The plaintiffs sued the Oneida County Sheriff and the Chief Deputy of the Oneida County Jail under the Declaratory Judgment Act for violati…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Toth v. Chapman

1:22-cv-00208 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2022

Closed Date: Feb. 11, 2022

This is a fast-paced case about redistricting and the drawing of congressional maps in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania following the results of the decennial census in which Pennsylvania lost one congressional seat. The case was filed in the Middle District of Pennsylvania on February 10, 2022, one day after the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania announced that it was suspending the General Primary Election calendar codified in 25 Pa. Stat. §§ 2868 and 2873.  Bringing the case were four registered …
POLICING
Illinois v. City of Chicago

1:17-cv-06260 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 29, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case established a consent decree related to alleged systemic misconduct by the Chicago Police Department.  On August 29, 2017, the State of Illinois filed this lawsuit against the City of Chicago in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Illinois Civil Rights Act of 2003, and the Illinois Human Rights Act. The State brought this action on behalf of the people of Illinois to ensure that the City enacted comprehensive, lasting reform of th…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Missouri State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Ferguson-Florissant School District

4:14-cv-02077 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Dec. 18, 2014

Case Ongoing

This is a voter dilution case that challenged an at-large election system utilized by the Ferguson Florissant School District in the State of Missouri to elect members to its School Board.  On December 18, 2014, the Missouri State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and certain African American residents and registered voters of the District filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Plaintiffs sued Ferguson-Florissa…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Society of St. Vincent De Paul of Santa Clara v. City of Los Altos

5:02-cv-00847 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2002

Closed Date: Aug. 19, 2004

On February 19, 2002, an organization representing day laborers filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343(a), and 2201, as well as 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the City of Los Altos, California. Plaintiffs claimed that the City was violating the First Amendment rights of day laborers by enforcing an ordinance that made it unlawful for any person occupying any unparked vehicle, or any person standing, sitting, walkin…