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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Kerrigan v. Philadelphia Board of Elections

2:07-cv-00687 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2007

Closed Date: Oct. 2, 2015

On February 21, 2007, Disability Rights Pennsylvania (the Pennsylvania protection and advocacy agency) and private co-counsel filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of registered voters with mobility disabilities to challenge inaccessibility of polling locations throughout the City of Philadelphia. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and assigned to Judge John R. Pavoda. Defendants included officials and entities responsible for elections in th…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
Eidler v. Brookdale Senior Living

4:17-cv-03962 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 13, 2017

Case Ongoing

On July 13, 2017, elderly and dependent residents with physical or cognitive impairments who lived in assisted living facilities, represented by private counsel, filed this putative class action lawsuit in the US District Court of the Northern District of California under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and California state law against the corporation that owned the facilities. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendant's California facilities and services failed to meet access…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Noel v. New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission

1:11-cv-00237 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 13, 2011

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2020

On January 13, 2011, New York wheelchair users and several disability rights organizations filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the New York City Human Rights Law alleging that TLC discriminated against persons with disabilities by maintaining a fleet unsu…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Gruber v. Tennessee Tech Board of Trustees

2:21-cv-00039 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Oct. 5, 2021

Case Ongoing

Facts Turning Point USA (TPUSA) is a conservative organization that publishes profiles of progressive college professors, potentially to harass them. Outsiders, including the two professors, characterize TPUSA as a hate group with ties to white supremacy. Tennessee Tech University (TTU) has a chapter of TPUSA. On February 4, 2021, after witnessing the TTU TPUSA faculty advisor, also a professor, celebrate a local school's decision to maintain "the Redskins" as their mascot, the two professors p…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Dream Defenders v. DeSantis

4:21-cv-00191 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 11, 2021

Case Ongoing

On May 11, 2021, the NAACP, ACLU of Florida, and Community Justice Project filed suit against Governor Ron DeSantis, the Attorney General of the State of Florida, the Sheriff of Leon County, the Sheriff of Jacksonville/Duval County, and the Sheriff of Broward County in the U.S. District Court of Florida to challenge a state law designed to chill First Amendment rights to free speech and assembly following demonstrations against police violence in the summer of 2020. The Florida-enacted law, the…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
F.V. v. Barron

1:17-cv-00170 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: April 18, 2017

Case Ongoing

This is a lawsuit about Idaho transgender people's ability to change their birth certificate sex listings, and to do so without having to disclose on their birth certificates that they are transgender. On April 18, 2017, a transgender woman born in Idaho brought a lawsuit against the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (IDHW). The plaintiff brought the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho and was represented by both a private law firm and by Lambda Legal Defense and E…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Chen v. Western Digital Corporation

8:19-cv-00909 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 14, 2019

Case Ongoing

On May 14, 2019, a female employee of Western Digital Corporation filed this class-action lawsuit in the Central District of California. The plaintiff, on behalf of herself and approximately 1,370 female employees, sued Western Digital Corporation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and state law. Western Digital, the defendant, is a major computer data storage company. The plaintiff, represented by private plaintiff firms, sought in…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Trivette v. Tennessee Department of Correction

3:20-cv-00276 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: March 31, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 31, 2020, a deaf man in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) and Disability Rights Tennessee (DRT), the state protection and advocacy entity, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The plaintiffs sued TDOC alleging violations of Title II of the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act for failure to provide effective communication accommodations. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged inmates incarcerated at TDOC f…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C. v. Beshear

3:17-cv-00016 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Jan. 9, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 4, 2020

On January 7, 2017, Kentucky enacted House Bill 2 ("the Act"), that required physicians to show a woman seeking an abortion ultrasound images of her embryo or fetus, auscultate the heartbeat, and provide a detailed description of the embryo or fetus prior to performing the abortion, even over the patient's objection. The penalties for violating the Act included a fine of up to $100,000 for a first offense and up to $250,000 for each subsequent offense in addition to disciplinary actions brought…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Darweesh v. Trump

1:17-cv-00480 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 21, 2017

This lawsuit challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO-1) barring admission to the U.S. of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The plaintiffs–visa holders who were detained at JFK airport and threatened with deportation pursuant to EO-1–filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and a civil complaint in District Court for the Eastern District of New York on January 28, 2017. Simultaneously, the plaintiffs filed a motion to certify…