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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Grand Rapids v. Nessel

1:22-cv-01214 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Dec. 22, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about whether Michigan’s Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act, which, in 2022, the Michigan Supreme Court interpreted to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, unconstitutionally infringed on religious liberty.  On December 22, 2022, Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. Sacred Heart, alongside its school, Sacred Heart Academy, and several individual Sacred Heart members …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights Iowa v. Rabiner Treatment Center

3:16-cv-03010 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2016

Closed Date: May 26, 2016

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy agency’s (P&A) records and residents access authority. On February 10, 2016, Disability Rights Iowa (DRI), Iowa’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. DRI filed this lawsuit against Rabiner Treatment Center (Rabiner), a youth psychiatric residential treatment center, under the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Act. Represented by itself, DRI sought declarative and in…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Moorhead v. Lane

2:86-cv-02020 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 1986

This case was a civil rights class action against Illinois prison officials. It alleged discrimination against incarcerated women in housing, training, and pay. It culminated in a consent decree which required the construction of an all-women minimum-security prison and a “good faith” effort to reform education and vocational programs for women. Six incarcerated women filed a class action complaint on January 21, 1986, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois. Under 42 U.…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
A.P. v. Pasadena Unified School District

2:19-cv-07965 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 13, 2019

Closed Date: Nov. 17, 2021

A student with disabilities sued the Pasadena School District in federal district court, Central District of California, for denial of a free appropriate public education under the IDEA, appealing the decision of a hearing officer that had ruled in the school's favor.  The case was assigned to Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald.  Per the complaint, the school was slow in ordering a special education evaluation, did not assess her in all areas of suspected disability, and failed to provide transition s…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Georgia Advocacy Office v. Camp

5:96-cv-00483 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: Dec. 16, 1996

Closed Date: June 9, 1999

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy agency’s (P&A) facilities access authority. On December 16, 1996, Georgia Advocacy Office (GAO), Georgia’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. GAO filed this lawsuit against the Director of the Jasper County Department of Family and Children Services under the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Act, with respect to a Jasper County youth facility. Represented by itse…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. H.T. Hackney Co.

5:03-cv-00038 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2003

Closed Date: Aug. 22, 2005

In February 2003, the Louisville Area Office of the EEOC brought this lawsuit against H.T. Hackney Company in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky alleging discrimination on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. We do not have a copy of the complaint; therefore, the exact allegations involved are unknown. After the date for jury trial had been set, the parties settled the lawsuit in June 2003 through a consent decree. The two-year de…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Iowa Protection and Advocacy Services v. Tanager Place

1:04-cv-00069 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

Filed Date: June 3, 4

Closed Date: March 9, 2006

This case is about a Protection and Advocacy agency’s (P&A) access authority to interview relevant parties during an investigation. Iowa Protection and Advocacy Services (Iowa P&A) filed this lawsuit on June 3, 2004, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. Iowa P&A filed this lawsuit against Tanager, Inc., a private facility offering youth inpatient psychiatric services, under the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Act. Represented by a pri…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights Iowa v. White

4:14-cv-00092 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: March 12, 2014

Closed Date: July 1, 2014

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy agency’s (P&A) records and residents access authority during an investigation. On March 12, 2014, Disability Rights Iowa (DRI), Iowa’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa against Muscatine County Sheriff’s Office and the Sheriff in his personal capacity. DRI asserted the defendants violated the PAIMI Act when they refused to provide DRI records and let DRI interview staff surrounding an incident wher…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Calvin R. v. Peters

1:82-cv-01955 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 1, 1982

This case alleged that Illinois prison officials failed to address violence among their facility's prison population. It culminated in a settlement in 1990. Unfortunately, the publicly available information on this case is limited. Numerous incarcerated persons at Illinois' Stateville Correctional Facility filed this class action suit on April 1, 1982, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Defendants included various officials from the Illinois Department of Correcti…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Iowa Protection and Advocacy Services v. Gerard Treatment Programs

1:01-cv-03013 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Feb. 16, 2001

Closed Date: Aug. 4, 2003

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy agency’s (P&A) authority to access a minor’s records during an investigation over the objection of parents or guardians. On February 16, 2001, Iowa Protection and Advocacy Services (Iowa P&A), filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. Iowa P&A sued Gerard Treatment Programs (Gerard), a youth residential psychiatric treatment setting, under the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI)…