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REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Whitmer v. Linderman

2022-193498-CZ | Michigan state trial court

Filed Date: April 7, 2022

Closed Date: Jan. 20, 2023

This case was filed by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, to prevent enforcement of Michigan’s long-dormant anti-abortion law. Michigan’s dormant 1931 felony abortion law, MCL 750.14, criminalizes providing an abortion in almost all circumstances and threatens physicians who perform the procedure with imprisonment. MCL 750.14 was never repealed and has only gone unenforced because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade, overruled on June 24, 2022, to protect the right to abortion.…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood of Michigan v. Attorney General of Michigan

22-000044-MM | Michigan state trial court

Filed Date: April 7, 2022

Closed Date: Sept. 7, 2022

This case is plaintiffs’ effort to avoid the triggering of Michigan’s dormant anti-abortion law. Michigan’s 1931 felony abortion law, MCL 750.14, criminalizes providing an abortion in almost all circumstances and threatens physicians who perform the procedure with imprisonment. MCL 750.14 was never repealed; it has not been enforced because of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade holding that the U.S. Constitution protects the right to get an abortion. The Michigan Supreme Court has yet …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States of America and the Vulcan Society v. City of New York

1:07-cv-02067 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: May 21, 2007

Case Ongoing

On May 21, 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") sued the City of New York under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, seeking to enforce the right of Black and Hispanic candidates to be treated fairly in the application process for positions in the New York City Fire Department ("FDNY"). Specifically, the DOJ challenged the City's reliance on two written examinations that were used to appoint entry-level firefighters t…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Mi Familia Vota v. Hobbs

2:20-cv-01903 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 5, 2020

The Plaintiff organizations filed a Complaint seeking a declarator y judgment and Emergency Motion for a TRO against AZ Secretary of State seeking to extend the voter registration deadline to October 27, 2020. Without the extension tens of thousands of voters would not be able to register. The Plaintiffs' were successful in extending the voting registration deadline to October 2023, 2020.
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Boyden v. Conlin

3:17-cv-00264 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: April 7, 2017

Closed Date: March 26, 2019

On April 7, 2017, two transgender state employees represented by the ACLU of Wisconsin filed this lawsuit against the state of Wisconsin in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The named defendants included the Department of Employee Trust Funds, State of Wisconsin Group Insurance Board, entities associated with the University of Wisconsin System, and the Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation. The plaintiffs alleged that the state’s failure to cov…
NATIONAL SECURITY
In Re Application of Zayn Al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn (Abu Zubaydah)

02:17-cv-00171 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: May 22, 2017

Closed Date: May 3, 2022

This case is focused on Zayn Al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn (aka Abu Zubaydah; “petitioner”) and the international legal effort to hold accountable those believed to have interrogated and tortured him at a CIA “black site” in Poland. Mr. Husayn was also one of many petitioners who filed for a writ of habeas corpus in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia while detained at the United States military prison at Guantanamo Bay. For more information on the Guantanamo Bay detainees’ habeas …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Coleman v. Brown

2:90-cv-00520 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: April 23, 1990

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action for California prisoners with mental illness. After a three-judge court denied a motion for a prisoner release order as premature, plaintiffs sought relief before a single district judge. Relief has been achieved to an extent. The defendants have continued to comply with the broader injunction while staying mindful of the public health demands of the pandemic. In particular, the parties have been able to reach agreements concerning quarantine and isolati…
PUBLIC HOUSING
Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

1:66-cv-01459 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 1966

Case Ongoing

Filed in 1966 and still ongoing as of 2022, this is one of the most significant housing desegregation cases ever, leading to the nation's first desegregative housing mobility voucher program. In collaboration with BPI, the Chicago public interest organization that has for decades represented the plaintiffs in this case, the Clearinghouse has acquired and posted the full litigation record—over 2100 documents, all told.  About 230 "core" documents are set to display here; if you click on "show mo…
PUBLIC HOUSING
Gautreaux v. HUD [Weaver, Romney, Hills, etc.]

01:66-cv-01460 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 1966

Closed Date: Aug. 26, 1997

This Clearinghouse record deals with the federal defendant component of this complex public housing desegregation case. Filed in 1966, this part of the case ended in 1997--but the consolidated lawsuit against the Chicago Housing Authority is still ongoing as of 2022. In combination, the consolidated litigation is one of the most significant housing desegregation cases ever, leading to the nation's first desegregative housing mobility voucher program. In collaboration with BPI, the organization …
POLICING
Uniformed Fire Officers Association v. DeBlasio

1:20-cv-05441 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 14, 2020

Closed Date: April 13, 2021

This case was originally filed on July 14, 2020 in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County. Plaintiffs were a collection of New York emergency services associations, including the Uniformed Fire Officers Association, the Uniformed Firefighters Association of Greater New York, the Correction Officers' Benevolent Association of the City of New York, the Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York, the Sergeants Benevolent Association, the Lieutenants Benevolent Assoc…