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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Friends of George's, Inc. v. Mulroy

2:23-cv-02176 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: March 30, 2023

Case Ongoing

In 2022, Jackson Pride attempted to hold a family-friendly drag show in a public park, but the organizers were forced to move the show indoors and set age restrictions due to a lawsuit from Tennessee State Representative Chris Todd, where he stated that the performance was child abuse and that drag should be “nonexistent” in his community. In response, Todd introduced a bill to the Tennessee legislature banning “adult cabaret performance[s]” in front of minors, which he stated was intended to c…
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…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Kenny v. Wilson

2:16-cv-02794 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: Aug. 11, 2016

Case Ongoing

On August 11, 2016, the non-profit, Girls Rock, and four students of South Carolina public schools, filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. The plaintiffs sued the Attorney General of South Carolina and the heads of twelve South Carolina Police Departments under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, asked the court for a declaratory judgment that two South Carolina codes, commonly referred to as the "Disturbing…
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…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists v. United States Food and Drug Administration

8:20-cv-01320 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 27, 2020

Closed Date: May 19, 2021

On May 27, 2020, the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists ("ACOG"), a nonprofit organization representing obstetricians and gynecologists, a New York-based nonprofit advocacy organization representing family medicine, a nationwide nonprofit representing women and transgender people of color, and a family medicine doctor and certified mifepristone (a medical abortion pill) prescriber, represented by the ACLU, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of ­­Maryland. The …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Elmajzoub v. Davis

3:19-cv-00196 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: March 27, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 27, 2020, an incarcerated individual in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) filed suit against the Lovelock Correctional Center (LCC) and various LCC officials in their individual and official capacities. The plaintiff, a practicing Muslim, brought the suit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 42 U.S.C. § 2000cca, alleging violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), the First …
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Edwards v. Beck

4:13-cv-00224 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: April 16, 2013

Case Ongoing

On April 16, 2013, two Arkansas physicians ("the plaintiffs") filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas challenging the Arkansas General Assembly's ban on abortion starting at twelve weeks of pregnancy. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU and the Center for Reproductive Rights, sued fifteen members of the Arkansas State Medical Board, including the board's president, and asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent enforcement of …
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky v. Commissioner, Indiana State Department of Health

1:16-cv-00763 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: April 7, 2016

Closed Date: July 18, 2022

This case challenged new abortion restrictions in Indiana. On April 7, 2016, Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky (PPINK) and two medical professionals filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. The plaintiffs sued the Commissioner of the Indiana State Department of Health, the prosecutors of Marion, Lake, Monroe, and Tippecanoe Counties, and the individual members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana, all in their official capacities. Represe…
POLICING
Taylor v. City of Saginaw

1:17-cv-11067 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 5, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 20, 2022

This is the first case to allege that “chalking” tires––the practice of marking a legally parked vehicle to track how long it has been parked––to enforce parking time limits is a Fourth Amendment violation. On April 5, 2017, an individual plaintiff filed an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the City of Saginaw and its parking enforcement officer in her individual capacity. The plaintiff sought injunctive and declaratory relief …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Ligas v. Maram [now Ligas v. Hamos]

1:05-cv-04331 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 28, 2005

Case Ongoing

On July 28, 2005, nine individuals with developmental disabilities filed this lawsuit against the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Illinois Department of Public Health in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. They alleged that they were eligible for long-term care through state-administered Medicaid Services but were forced to reside in large congregate care institutions rather than commun…