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King v. State of Georgia

1:21-cv-03082 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: June 22, 2021

Case Ongoing

A group of private plaintiffs, represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and private counsel, filed this putative class action in Georgia state court on June 22, 2021. They alleged that delays in the State of Georgia’s unemployment benefits system during the COVID-19 pandemic violated Georgia state law, the Georgia state constitution, and the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief as well as compensatory damages. Georgi…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Farm Labor Organizing Committee v. Roy Cooper

1:17-cv-01037 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Nov. 15, 2017

Case Ongoing

The Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) and several private parties filed this action November 15, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. They named North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and Administrative Office of the Courts Director Marion R. Warren as defendants. The ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and a private practitioner served as plaintiffs’ counsel. At issue was a North Carolina state law which limited the ability of farmworkers to or…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Falls v. DeSantis

4:22-cv-00166 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: April 22, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about legislation suppressing Florida's teachers and employers from encouraging discourse regarding critical race theory (“CRT”) and sex. CRT was a concept that encompassed a wide range of ideas and concepts, and it generally focused on the idea that racism is inherent in U.S. legal systems in a way that create and maintain social, economic, and political inequities. On April 22, 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a ban on CRT,  known as the Stop Wrongs Against O…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Horton v. Rangos

2:22-cv-01391 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 2, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about probation detainers that were allegedly used to detain a purported class of individuals in Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) for many months, or even years, without lawful justification and with almost no meaningful opportunity to obtain release. Probation detainers are orders preventing the release of individuals from jail when those individuals are on probation at the time of their arrest. On October 2, 2022, six individuals detained at ACJ filed a putative class action lawsuit…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Kaul v. Kapenga

2022-CV-1594 | Wisconsin state trial court

Filed Date: June 28, 2022

Case Ongoing

In this case, plaintiffs sought a declaration that a Wisconsin criminal law broadly banning abortions is unenforceable. Wisconsin Statute § 940.04, enacted in 1849 before women could vote, states that it is a criminal felony to destroy the life of an unborn child at any point after conception unless necessary to save the pregnant woman’s life, but not for other health reasons. After Roe, the Wisconsin Legislature enacted another set of laws that criminalized abortion past the fetus’ viability a…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
Eidler v. Brookdale Senior Living

4:17-cv-03962 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 13, 2017

Case Ongoing

On July 13, 2017, elderly and dependent residents with physical or cognitive impairments who lived in assisted living facilities, represented by private counsel, filed this putative class action lawsuit in the US District Court of the Northern District of California under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and California state law against the corporation that owned the facilities. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendant's California facilities and services failed to meet access…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature

22-0901712 | Utah state trial court

Filed Date: March 16, 2022

Case Ongoing

In 2018, a coalition of Utah voters passed Proposition 4 (Prop 4), prohibiting partisan gerrymandering and establishing the Utah Independent Redistricting Commission (the Commission). The Utah legislature overruled the will of voters in 2020 by voting to replace Prop 4 with S.B. 200, which rescinded the ban on partisan gerrymandering and other government reforms. S.B. 200 kept the Commission in a solely advisory capacity, with the legislature giving itself the authority to discard nonpartisan m…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Sanders v. District of Columbia

1:22-cv-02259 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2022

Case Ongoing

On August 1, 2022, four Black female firefighters filed suit against the District of Columbia, alleging that D.C. Fire and EMS (DC FEMS) discriminated against them on the basis of race and gender. Plaintiffs alleged discriminatory pay, disciplinary, and overtime assignment practices in violation of Title VII, and sought injunctive and declaratory relief, as well as back, lost wages, and compensatory damages. Despite obtaining paramedic certifications that entitle DC FEMS to 15% premium to their…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
National Federation of the Blind of Alabama v. John H. Merrill

2:22-cv-00721 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: June 8, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case challenged Alabama’s accommodations for disabled voters. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama on June 8, 2022. by three plaintiffs, two of whom were blind. The third individual had “print disabilities” (any condition which makes it difficult to read, mark, or handle paper documents). The lone defendant was Alabama’s Secretary of State, John H. Merrill, designated as the “chief election official” under Alabama law. Plaintiffs alleged that A…
EDUCATION
Black Parallel School Board v. Sacramento City Unified School District

2:19-cv-01768 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 5, 2019

Case Ongoing

On September 5, 2019, the Black Parallel School Board and three students in the Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) filed this putative class action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The plaintiffs sued SCUSD and a selection of its officers under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), and state law. Represente…