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Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc. v. Bentley

2:13-cv-00405 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: June 11, 2013

Closed Date: March 25, 2016

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) In June 2013, the ACLU, the ACLU of Alabama, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and Planned Parenthood Southeast, filed this lawsuit challenging a state law that placed restrictions on abortion providers and would force most of the state’s clinics to stop providing abortions. On March 26, 2016, the court permanently struck down this law for all clinics in the state.
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Greater Birmingham Ministries v. State of Alabama

2:15-cv-02193 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Dec. 2, 2015

Closed Date: Jan. 10, 2018

(This summary is temporary while we research the case) In 2011, Alabama passed HB19, a restrictive voter ID law. On December 2, 2015, the Legal Defense Fund filed suit on behalf of Greater Birmingham Ministries ("GBM") and the Alabama NAACP against the state in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, alleging that HB19 had a racially discriminatory effect on voters of color in violation of the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act.
DISABILITY RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
A.A. v. Buckner

2:21-cv-00367 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 20, 2021

(This summary is temporary while we research the case) On May 20, 2021, the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Children's Rights, and Southern Poverty Law Center filed suit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama against the state's Department of Human Resources (DHR) on behalf of four teens with mental disabilities placed unnecessarily in or at risk of segregation in pyschiatric residential treatment facilities. 
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Sandoval v. Alexander

2:96-cv-01875 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Dec. 31, 1996

Closed Date: 2001

On December 31, 1996, a non-English speaking Alabama resident filed suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, challenging the policy of Alabama Department of Public Safety under which driver's license examinations were administered only in English. Plaintiff alleged that the policy was unconstitutional and in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d, et seq., and its im…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
People First of Alabama v. Merrill

2:20-cv-00619 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 1, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit was filed by Alabama voters to temporarily enjoin Alabama’s voting law provisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The plaintiffs challenged the witness and photo ID requirement, requiring absentee voters to obtain witness or notary signatures, and submit a photocopy of their ID with their ballot. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief to enjoin enforcement of the Witness and ID requirement and to allow curbside voting during the primary, municipal, …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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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

(This summary is temporary while we research the case) The Southern Poverty Law Center filed suit on June 8, 2022, on behalf of the National Federation of the Blind of Alabama because Alabama's absentee ballots are transmitted, marked, and returned entirely on paper, and therefore inaccessible to voters with print disabilities. 
DISABILITY RIGHTS
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Mason v. City of Huntsville

5:10-cv-02794 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Oct. 15, 2010

Closed Date: March 13, 2014

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) Plaintiffs sued under the ADA for injunctive relief to make some local buildings accessible for people with mobility disabilities.
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
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Reproductive Health Services v. Strange

2:14-cv-01014 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2014

Closed Date: July 28, 2017

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On October 2, 2014, the ACLU challenged an Alabama abortion restriction that imposed barriers on a minor’s ability to get abortion care in the state. On July 28, 2017, the U.S. District Court blocked the law.
CHILD WELFARE
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C.M. v. Robert J. Bentley

2:13-cv-00591 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2013

Closed Date: April 8, 2014

(This summary is temporary while we research the case) Named plaintiffs, children attending public schools in Alabama's Black Belt region, filed suit against the Governor of Alabama in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama challenging the Alabama Accountability Act ("the Act"). The Act gave tax breaks to families transferring their children to successful schools, discriminating against impoverished families. Plaintiffs were represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
CHILD WELFARE
Eknes-Tucker v. Ivey

2:22-cv-00184 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 19, 2022

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was filed on April 19, 2022 on behalf of a four transgender children and their parents, two medical professionals, and a Reverend in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Plaintiffs challenged Alabama's Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, which was set to take effect on May 8. The plaintiffs—represented by the National Center for Lesbian Rights, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, Southern Poverty Law Center, Human Rights Campaign Foundation, and pr…