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PRISON CONDITIONS
Turner v. Safley

4:81-00891 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 1981

In 1981, prisoners in Missouri brought this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri challenging the constitutionality of Department of Corrections regulations relating to inmate marriages and inmate-to-inmate correspondence. These regulations were alleged to violate the prisoners' First Amendment rights and their fundamental human right to enter into a marital relationship. Although the challenged regulations were in effect throughout Missouri, this …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Johnson v. Wathen

7:02-cv-00087 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 18, 2002

Closed Date: 2013

On April 18, 2002, inmate Roderick Johnson filed an extensive complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, alleging that Texas prison officials failed to protect him from repeated sexual assault and therefore violated his rights under the Eighth Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause. Johnson brought separate Equal Protection claims for failure to protect because of his race and because of his sexual orientation. Johnson, a black homosexual,…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
R.G. v. Koller

1:05-cv-00566 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Sept. 1, 2005

Closed Date: 2006

On September 1, 2005, three LGBT teenagers confined at Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF) filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against State Department of Human Services and the Office of Youth Services in U.S. District Court of Hawaii, Hawaii Division. The plaintiffs, represented by public interest and private counsel, sought monetary, declaratory and injunctive relief, asserting federal constitutional and state law claims. Specifically, the plaintiffs claimed violations of their Due…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
In re Marriage Cases

04-04365 | California state trial court

Filed Date: 2004

Closed Date: 2008

In 2004, the Mayor of the City of San Francisco ("City") directed the city clerk to alter forms and documents required for the issuance of marriage licenses so that they could be used by same-sex couples, and then to issue such licenses. The Attorney General of California and opponents of same-sex marriage filed writ petitions to enjoin this action and enforce then-current Family Code provisions defining marriage as between one man and one woman. The City and groups of same-sex couples filed va…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Perry v. Schwarzenegger

3:09-cv-02292 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 22, 2009

On May 22, 2009, two same-sex couples who had been denied marriage licenses in California filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the State of California in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging a Fourteenth Amendment violation. Specifically, the plaintiffs claimed that California, by amending its constitution in 2008 to once a…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Dragovich v. U.S. Department of Treasury

4:10-cv-01564 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 13, 2010

Closed Date: 2015

On April 13, 2010, several employees of the State of California with same-sex domestic partners or spouses recognized under California law filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Oakland Division, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201, and the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 702, against the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Board of Administrators of the California Public Employees' Retirem…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Massachusetts v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

1:09-cv-11156 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 8, 2009

Closed Date: 2013

On July 8, 2009, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts under the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201, against the federal government. The plaintiff asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging an overreaching of federal authority into an exclusive sphere of the states. Specifically, the plaintiff claimed that the federal Defense of Marriage Act, 1 U.S.C. § 7, violates the Tenth Amendment, exceeds …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Golinski v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management

3:10-cv-00257 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2010

Closed Date: 2013

On January 20, 2010, an employee of the federal judiciary married to her same-sex partner under California law filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division, under the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201-2202, and the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 701-706, against the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The plaintiff, represented by private counsel and Lambda Legal, asked the court for declaratory and inj…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Gill v. Office of Personnel Management

1:09-cv-10309 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 3, 2009

Closed Date: 2013

On March 3, 2009, several citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts who were or had been married to same-sex partners under Massachusetts law filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, under the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201-2202, and the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 701-706, against several agencies of the federal government. The plaintiffs, represented by public interest and private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Jackson v. Abercrombie

1:11-cv-00734 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Dec. 7, 2011

On January 27, 2012, a same-sex couple and another individual in a same-sex relationship, all citizens of Hawaii, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Hawaii under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the state of Hawaii. The plaintiffs, represented by private attorneys, asked the court for a declaration that the restriction of the right of marriage to opposite sex couples under § 572-1 of the H.R.S and under the "marriage amendment" violates Due Process and Equal Protection under the U.S. Constit…