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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
Mcdonald v. Federal Communications

3:19-cv-00072 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Jan. 8, 2019

Closed Date: Sept. 23, 2020

This is a case alleging a violation of the FCC's "equal time" provision that requires that broadcasters to give equal media coverage to major party candidates.  On January 8, 2019, the plaintiff, a pro se individual, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (the "District Court") against the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") and Tennessee Elections Commission ("TEC"), accompanied by a request to have fees and court costs waived due to plaintiff's insuff…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
De La Fuente v. Simon

0:19-cv-02995 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Nov. 26, 2019

Closed Date: April 27, 2020

This case is about a constitutional challenge to a Minnesota election law, Minnesota Election Code § 207A.13, subd. 2(a), that provides that candidates seeking the 2020 Republican presidential nomination could only appear on Minnesota's primary election ballot if the candidate was selected by the party and the chair of the party submitted the candidate's name to the secretary of state no later than 63 days before the presidential nomination primary. On November 26, 2019, a member of the Republi…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States of America v. State of Illinois

1:10-cv-06800 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 22, 2010

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2012

This case was filed on behalf of the United States by the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Voting Section ("DOJ") to enforce provisions of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act ("UOCAVA"), 42 U.S.C. Sections 1973ff to 1973ff-7, as amended by the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act ("MOVE Act"), Pub. L. No. 111-84, Sections 575-589 (2009).  These laws protect the voting rights of absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters ("UOCAVA Vot…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Brown v. Bowen

2:12-cv-05547 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 26, 2012

Closed Date: Oct. 9, 2012

This is a case about the legality of California's "top two" system for state and congressional office whereby all candidates for a particular office appear on the same primary ballot and only the top two, regardless of party affiliation, participate in the general election. On June 26, 2012, Plaintiff, an African American voter and lifelong member of the Democratic party, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California after two Republican party candidates w…
EDUCATION
State of Arkansas v. United States Department of Education

4:24-cv-00636 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: May 7, 2024

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the Biden administration’s 2024 Title IX Rule, which broadened the interpretation of “sex discrimination” to include protections for LGBTQ+ students, addressing discrimination based on sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity. On May 7, 2024, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and a 15-year-old female resident of Jonesboro, Arkansas, represented by her mother, filed a lawsuit in the United States D…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights Texas v. Mansfield Independant School District

4:14-cv-00715 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2014

Closed Date: Feb. 25, 2015

This case is about a Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency’s access authority. On August 28, 2014, Disability Rights Texas (DRTx) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas against Mansfield Independent School District (MISD). Plaintiff alleged that defendant violated the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act), the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act (PAIMI Act), and the Protection and Advocacy of Ind…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Goodall v. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

9:19-cv-01359 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case challenged an incarcerated person's lack of access to a drug treatment program in a corrections facility due to his disabilities. The case began after plaintiff was excluded from a drug treatment program provided by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS), due to his disabilities. The plaintiff had a number of disabilities, including a seizure disorder and heart conditions. He applied to join a drug treatment program in the DOC called SHOCK, whic…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights Mississippi v. Lauderdale County

4:09-cv-00137 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Oct. 19, 2009

Closed Date: June 13, 2010

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency’s access authority. On October 19, 2009, Disability Rights Mississippi  filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. DRMS alleged that Lauderdale County violated the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights (DD) Act, 42 U.S.C. § 15041 et seq., the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Act, 42 U.S.C. § 10801 et seq., and the Protection and Advocacy …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Bethea v. Deal

2:16-cv-00140 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Oct. 17, 2016

Closed Date: Nov. 1, 2016

This case is about the plaintiffs not being able to submit voter registrations before the Georgia registration deadline to vote in the 2016 Presidential Election because the Governor of Georgia had issued an order for residents to submit to mandatory or voluntary evacuation due to the looming Hurricane Matthew. On October 17, 2016, the original plaintiffs, who consisted of a resident of Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia and a nonprofit who regularly conducted voter registration drives in Glynn C…