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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
State of Arizona v. City of Tucson

CV2022-011416 | Arizona state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2022

This is a lawsuit filed by the Arizona Attorney General’s office against the City of Tucson, alleging discrimination regarding the city’s mandatory vaccination requirement and related conduct. In August 2021, the City of Tucson issued a directive mandating that all of Tucson’s over 4,000 employees receive the COVID-19 vaccination or submit a request for a religious accommodation or medical exemption. On August 30, 2022, the Arizona Attorney General and the Civil Rights Division of the Arizona D…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Johnson v. Cody-Kilgore Unified School District

4:21-cv-03103 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: May 17, 2021

This case was filed after two Lakota children had their hair cut twice, contrary to their traditional and religious beliefs, by school employees during lice checks, the second time after the parents of the children voiced concerns. Two parents and two students, represented by the ACLU of Nebraska, filed suit against the Cody-Kilgore Unified School District and two school employees in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska on May 17, 2021, alleging that the school had an unwritten …

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Chasin v. District of Columbia

1:05-cv-01792 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 9, 2005

This case was one of two that challenged D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (DC Fire) rules prohibiting beards and long hair under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).  The plaintiffs, a group of DC Fire employees with religious convictions prohibiting them from shaving their beards, brought this lawsuit against the District of Columbia in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on September 9, 2005. The plaintiffs challenged a DC Fire rule which required …

Injunction Granted

Reversed

PRISON CONDITIONS
Zielinski v. New York Department Of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS)

9:24-cv-00450 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: March 29, 2024

Closed Date: April 5, 2024

This is a case about the free exercise rights of incarcerated people. A group of individuals incarcerated in New York filed this putative class action lawsuit on March 29, 2024 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York against the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS), seeking an injunction to be allowed to see the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. The plaintiffs sued under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act as well as 42…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Potter v. District of Columbia

1:01-cv-01189 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 30, 2001

This case challenged the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department’s (D.C. Fire’s) grooming policy. The policy sets restrictions on the hair and facial hair of employees. Specifically, it sets restrictions on hair and facial hair length and requires that hair and facial hair be groomed in accordance with the policy.  On May 30, 2001, a group of firefighters in D.C. Fire brought this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Seeking declaratory an…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

PRISON CONDITIONS
Pawochawog-Mequinosh v. Rhode Island Department of Corrections

1:24-cv-00036 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2024

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