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JAIL CONDITIONS
Roe v. Leis

1:00-cv-00651 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 2000

Closed Date: 2001

On August 9, 2000, an inmate at the Hamilton County Jail in Cincinnati, Ohio filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Hamilton County in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The plaintiff, who was represented by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive relief, alleging that her constitutional right to terminate her pregnancy had been violated by the defendants' policies regarding abortion procedures for inmates. Plaintiff's request for abortion services was d…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Doe v. Arpaio

CV 2004-009286 | Arizona state trial court

Filed Date: May 14, 2004

Closed Date: Oct. 20, 2009

In 2004, a female inmate filed a class-action lawsuit in the Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, challenging the Maricopa County Sheriff's unwritten policy that required a court order to allow the transport of an inmate for the purpose of obtaining an abortion. The unwritten policy at issue prohibited transportation of inmates offsite for elective medical procedures. The Sheriff applied that policy to women seeking abortions and as a result, would only transport women for non-therapeuti…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Hoye v. City of Oakland

3:07-cv-06411 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2007

Closed Date: 2012

On December 19, 2007, plaintiff, a minister who attempted to dissuade women seeking an abortion in front of an abortion facility, filed this lawsuit against the City of Oakland under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel and the Life Legal Defense Foundation, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief as well as damages, claiming that the defendant's ordinance regu…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington v. Sebelius

1:12-cv-00815 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 21, 2012

Closed Date: Nov. 6, 2017

On May 21, 2012, the Catholic Archbishop of Washington and several affiliated Catholic organizations filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the federal government under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (42 U.S.C. § 2000bb), the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. § 706(2)), and the First Amendment. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sought to enjoin enforcement of provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) extending …
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Zubik v. Sebelius [I]

2:12-cv-00676 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: May 21, 2012

Closed Date: July 23, 2013

This case was one of 12 cases filed on May 21, 2012, in federal district courts across the country, by non-profit Catholic organizations challenging the ACA's provisions to ensure that employee health insurance covers birth control. In each, the plaintiffs objected to notifying the government or their health insurer that they were claiming a religious exemption from provision of contraception. That self-certification assisted the government in working with the insurer or health benefits provid…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York v. Sebelius

1:12-cv-02542 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: May 21, 2012

Closed Date: 2017

On May 21, 2012, the Catholic Archdiocese of New York and other affiliated Catholic organizations filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of New York against the federal government under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), and the First and Fifth Amendments. Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sought to enjoin enforcement of provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) extending universal contraception coverage in employer-sponsored priva…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend v. Burwell

1:12-cv-00159 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: May 21, 2012

Closed Date: Oct. 24, 2017

This case was one of many filed in federal district courts across the country by non-profit Catholic organizations challenging the ACA's system for ensuring that employee health insurance covers birth control. Specifically, the plaintiffs objected to notifying the government or their health insurer that they were claiming a religious exemption from the ACA regulation's mandatory insurance coverage for contraception. The current regulatory accommodation allows religious organizations who object …
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Planned Parenthood Association v. Suehs

1:12-cv-00322 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: April 11, 2012

Closed Date: 2012

On April 11, 2012, seven family planning providers filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC). The Plaintiffs, represented by private and in-house counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief. Specifically, Plaintiffs challenged the federal constitutionality of Texas Admin. Code §§ 354.1361-64, which bars Plaintiffs from participating in Texas's Women's Health Progra…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Annex Medical, Inc. v. Sebelius

0:12-cv-02804 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Nov. 2, 2012

Closed Date: 2015

On November 2, 2012, two (unrelated) Catholic business owners filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The plaintiffs alleged violations of the First Amendment, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act ("RFRA"), and the Administrative Procedures Act ("APA") by the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and the ActRight Legal Foundation, asked the court for both declaratory and injun…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
East Texas Baptist University v. Sebelius

4:12-cv-03009 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 9, 2012

This is one of many lawsuits brought challenging the Obama administration's 2012 Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate requiring employers to pay for employees' contraception and abortifacients via medical insurance coverage. Many religious hospitals, charities, universities, and other enterprises owned or controlled by religious organizations and individuals who opposed contraception on moral grounds argued the mandate violated their religious beliefs. For a full list of these cases please s…