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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Perdue v. Individual Members of the Indiana State Board of Law Examiners

1:09-cv-00842 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: July 7, 2009

On July 7, 2009, a member of the Illinois bar who sought to join the Indiana bar filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, under § 1983 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.), against members of the Indiana State Board of Law Examiners. The plaintiffs, who were represented by the ACLU of Indiana, sought declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the state agency violated their rights by making unnecessary in…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Hegar v. Panetta

3:12-cv-06005 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 27, 2012

On November 27, 2012, a group of individual servicewomen and the Service Women's Action Network (a nonprofit organization that supports servicewomen and veterans) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the Secretary of the Department of Defense ("DoD"). The plaintiffs, represented by attorneys from private practice and from the ACLU Women's Rights Project and its Northern California Chapter, asked the Court for declaratory and injunctive re…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Best Buy POS Settlement Agreement

N/A | No Court

Filed Date: 2010

Closed Date: 2011

Claimants, nonprofits representing the interest of the visually impaired, sent a letter to Best Buy claiming that the electronics retailer failed to comply with various federal and state disability access statutes. Keypads used on the point of sale devices (credit card readers) at Best Buy stores featured only a digital screen, which is impossible to read for many of the visually impaired. As a result, customers were forced to tell the cashier their Personal Identification Number (PIN), resulti…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
CVS Accessible Web Site and Point of Sale Agreement

N/A | No Court

Filed Date: 2009

Closed Date: June 1, 2009

Claimants, nonprofits representing blind and low vision individuals, entered into negotiations with CVS Caremark, a nationwide pharmacy and retailer. Keypads used on the point of sale devices (credit card readers) at CVS locations featured only digital keys on a touch screen. Such screens are impossible to use for those visually impaired individuals who must use touch to determine what keys to press. As a result, customers were forced to tell the cashier their Personal Identification Number (PI…
NATIONAL SECURITY
In re Motion for Release of Court Records

07-00001 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 2007

Closed Date: 2007

On August 9, 2007, the ACLU filed a motion with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA Court) requesting release of the Court's records regarding the government's surveillance of foreign terrorists. Specifically, the ACLU requested release of sealed orders from January 10, 2007, and any government briefs or subsequent orders connected with the January 10 orders. The ACLU argued that, like any other federal court, the FISA Court had the authority to unseal its own documents, and that …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Hollihan v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

3:15-cv-00005 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 2, 2015

Closed Date: March 21, 2020

On January 2, 2015, a prisoner in Pennsylvania sued the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections ("PDOC"), several of its employees and administrators in their official and individual capacities, as well as Wexford Health Sources (the provider of medical care in state prisons), in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The lawsuit was brought under the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for the alleged deprivation of t…
NATIONAL SECURITY
In re DNI/AG [702] Certification 2010-A

10-00002 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: 2010

Closed Date: 2010

In this matter, the FISA Court reviewed the government's July 15, 2010 certification and amended minimization procedures under FISA § 702(i). For an overview of FISA Court review under § 702(i), see [In re DNI/AG 702(i) Certification 2008]. The court documents in this Clearinghouse case record have not been declassified and released by the government; they are marked Secret and Top Secret. The Washington Post posted them on-line. The government submitted the 2010-A certification, covering surv…
NATIONAL SECURITY
[Redacted]; FISA Court Authorizing Surveillance Procedures Under Protect America Act

Redacted | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: 2007

Closed Date: 2008

As discussed in detail in In re Various Known and Unknown Agents of [Redacted], the Protect America Act (PAA) was passed in 2007 in order to avoid compliance with the FISA Court's interpretation of traditional FISA. The PAA amended FISA in two important ways. First, it allowed warrantless collection of international communications to or from the U.S. from facilities inside the U.S. Second, it allowed warrantless collection of foreign to foreign communications from facilities inside the U.S. Thi…
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
Lucero v. City of New York

1:14-cv-09533 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 3, 2014

Closed Date: 2018

On December 3, 2014, three women with relatives buried in a mass grave of more than one million deceased individuals on New York City’s Hart Island filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Represented by the New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, the plaintiffs asked the court for declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief, claiming violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution and Sections 3, 6, and 8 …
POLICING
Friedman v. United States

65-18245 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: 1965

Closed Date: March 16, 1967

The United States charged the defendant in this case with lying to the FBI under 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (making a false statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of a department or agency of the United States). It brought suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, where the case was assigned to Judge John K. Regan. The defendant had told the FBI that he was beaten while handcuffed in the custody of the Missouri Highway Patrol. The FBI investigated but could not substant…