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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia

2:18-cv-02075 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: May 18, 2018

Case Ongoing

On May 17, 2018, a Catholic foster care and social services agency and {} filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, against the City of Philadelphia. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and by conservative public interest organization the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, alleged that city of Philadelphia revoked new referrals of foster children to their organization because of their faith-based opposition to same-sex marriage. The compl…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB

91-26630 | No Court

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 1991

Closed Date: 2002

In this case, Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that federal immigration law prohibited awarding undocumented immigrant workers back pay under the National Labor Relations Act.This case arose when Hoffman Plastic Compounds fired José Castro and others for union activities in 1989. During a series of administrative proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), it was determined that Castro was an undocumented immigrant who had used fake pape…
POLICING
CODING IN PROCESS
Graham v. District Attorney for Hampden County

SJ-2021-0129 | Massachusetts state trial court

Filed Date: 2021

See also preceding DOJ investigation: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-findings-investigation-narcotics-bureau-springfield
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc.

2:10-cv-04334 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 23, 2010

Case Ongoing

This was one of the LGBT discrimination cases consolidated before the Supreme Court in 2020 when it held that "[a]n employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender violates Title VII [of the Civil Rights Act of 1964]."District CourtThis case addresses the scope of the ban on sex discrimination in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and asks if employers are barred from discriminating against employees on the basis of their sexual orientation under the statute. A gay …

Brief of Lambda Legal As Amicus Curiae In Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants and Reversal

Zarda v. Altitude Express

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

March 18, 2016

Brief of Amicus Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, et al. In Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants

Zarda v. Altitude Express

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

March 18, 2016

Brief of New York State United Teachers As Amicus Curiae In Support of Plaintiffs-Appellant

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

June 23, 2017

En Banc Brief of Amicus Curiae Equal Employment Opportunity Commission In Support of Plaintiffs/Appellants and In Favor of Reversal

Zarda v. Altitude Express

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

June 23, 2017

Brief of Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union; New York Civil Liberties; National Women's Law Center; 9to5, National Association of Working Women, et al.

Zarda v. Altitude Express

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

June 26, 2017

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Al Otro Lado v. Kelly

3:17-cv-02366 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: July 12, 2017

Case Ongoing

On July 12, 2017, a group of Honduran and Mexican asylum seekers and Al Otro Lado, a legal service organization which supports indigent deportees, refugees, and migrants, filed this class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The pseudonymous plaintiffs fled gang-related and/or severe domestic violence and presented themselves at a Port of Entry (POE) at the U.S.-Mexico border to seek protection; they alleged that they were wrongfully denied access to an…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Trump

2:17-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 2022

This class action challenged President Trump's January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) which prohibited admission to the US for nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The plaintiffs commenced this lawsuit on February 7, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs were represented by the ACLU of Washington and private counsel. On November 29, 2017, this case was consolidated with Jewish Family Service of Seattle v. Trump, No…
EDUCATION
Cook v. Florida High School Athletic Ass'n

3:09-cv-00547 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: June 16, 2009

Closed Date: 2015

Parents of female student-athletes at Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) member schools filed suit on June 16, 2009 in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida against the Athletic Association, alleging that the Association's "Policy 6" violated the students' rights under Title IX of the Education Amendment, the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and State law. Policy 6 reduced the athletic schedules of all high school sports except boys…
EDUCATION
Soule v. Connecticut Association of Schools, Inc.

3:20-cv-00201 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2020

Case Ongoing

The four plaintiffs in this case are high school track athletes who alleged that having to compete against transgender female peers (consistently referred to as "biological males" in their briefs) has caused the plaintiffs to lose out on significant opportunities to win competitions and further advance in their track careers. They filed suit on February 12, 2020 in the District Court for the District of Connecticut against their school districts and the Connecticut Interschool Athletic Conferen…
EDUCATION
Communities Equity v. Michigan High School Athletic Ass'n

1:98-cv-00479 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 26, 1998

Closed Date: 2010

On June 26, 1998, a class of high school girls in Michigan filed this complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan under §1983, alleging that the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) violated provisions of Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Represented by private counsel and by the National Women's Law Center and Equity Legal, the plaintiffs contended that MHSAA refused to authorize additional sports for high school gi…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Henry v. Hulett

3:12-cv-03087 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 20, 2012

Case Ongoing

On March 31, 2011, female prisoners at an Illinois women’s prison were strip searched as part of a training exercise for new guards. Several of the prisoners filed this putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois. The plaintiffs sued the Illinois Department of Corrections, Lincoln Correctional Center, and Logan Correctional Center under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Represented by civil rights attorneys Loevy…