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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States v. South Bend City of Indiana

3:24-cv-00830 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Oct. 11, 2024

Closed Date: Feb. 28, 2025

This case is about alleged race and sex discrimination in the hiring practices of the South Bend Police Department (SBPD).  On October 11, 2024, the United States filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana against the City of South Bend, Indiana, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Represented by the Department of Justice, the United States sought remedial relief for those harmed, an injunction to prevent the city from using the discriminator…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Pride Center of Terre Haute, Inc. v. Indiana State University Vice President for University Engagement

2:25-cv-00445 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Sept. 15, 2025

(This summary is temporary while we research the case further). In September 2025, the Pride Center of Terre Haute, Inc. (the "Pride Center") field suit against the Indiana State University (the "University"), alleging that the University's decision to terminate funding for student workers at the Pride Center violated the First Amendment.  
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Richwine v. Matuszak

1:23-cv-00370 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2023

Closed Date: Aug. 28, 2025

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] On August 30, 2023, Plaintiffs Lauren Richwine and Death Done Differently LLC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana to vindicate their First Amendment rights. The complaint alleges that beginning in 2021, the State of Indiana began investigating Richwine’s business under Indiana’s Embalmers and Funeral Directors Laws. Though Richwine did not hold herself out as a licensed funeral director or engage in the t…

Judgment for Plaintiff

Affirmed

POLICING
Henry Minh, Inc. v. Indiana (Countersuit)

49D04-2405-MI-020041 | Indiana state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 6, 2024

This case involved state police seizing property that was allegedly involved in criminal investigations without disclosing the relevant crimes or bringing charges. On August 6, 2024, a company that had mailed its property (including $42,825.00) through FedEx and subsequently had it seized by state police filed this counterclaim in Indiana state trial court against the state of Indiana and the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated. Represented by …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Fair Housing Center of Central Indiania, Morton & McFarland v. Grandville Cooperative, Karen Mitchell, Kirkpatrick Management

1:16-cv-00300 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2016

Closed Date: Sept. 7, 2017

This is a housing discrimination case. The two plaintiffs (a daughter and mother), were denied the opportunity to rent a townhouse together because the mother had a disability.   On February 11, 2016, the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana and plaintiffs filed this suit in the United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, against Grandville Cooperative Inc.; Karen Mitchell; and Kirkpatrick Management Co. Inc. The case was assigned to district judge Larry…

Complaint

Fair Housing Center of Central Indiania, Morton & McFarland v. Grandville Cooperative, Karen Mitchell, Kirkpatrick Management

Feb. 4, 2016

First Amended Complaint

Fair Housing Center of Central Indiania, Morton & McFarland v. Grandville Cooperative, Karen Mitchell, Kirkpatrick Management

Feb. 11, 2016

Second Amended Complaint

Fair Housing Center of Central Indiania, Morton & McFarland v. Grandville Cooperative, Karen Mitchell, Kirkpatrick Management

May 11, 2016

Third Amended Complaint

Fair Housing Center of Central Indiania, Morton & McFarland v. Grandville Cooperative, Karen Mitchell, Kirkpatrick Management

Sept. 15, 2016

Order on Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings

Fair Housing Center of Central Indiania, Morton & McFarland v. Grandville Cooperative, Karen Mitchell, Kirkpatrick Management

Jan. 9, 2017

DISABILITY RIGHTS
Meyer & NFB v. Indiana Family and Social Services Admin & Indiana DiBlind and Visual Impairments of Family Resources

1:19-cv-03311 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Aug. 6, 2019

Closed Date: Aug. 31, 2021

On Aug. 6, 2019, Plaintiffs Christopher Meyer, Sarah Meyer, and the National Federation of the Blind, Inc. filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District Of Indiana.  The suit alleged systemic violations of the civil rights of blind Indiana residents that denied them equally effective access to all print and website communications created or distributed by Defendants and their contractors concerning government benefits.  Plaintiffs alleged that these communications violated Tit…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Fair Housing Council of Central Indiana, McGuffin v. Smitley

1:16-cv-00880 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: April 19, 2016

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 2020

Plaintiffs filed suit in federal court on April 19, 2016, requesting compensatory and punitive damages, attorney fees and costs, injunctive relief to end a landlord's disability discrimination and a declaration that the landlord violated the housing discrimination and related state laws. Hon. William T. Lawrence of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, presided over the case. The Plaintiffs in this case were the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, Inc…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana & Strout v. Harford Place, Crownpoint Properties

1:20-cv-00372 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 2020

Closed Date: June 17, 2021

Plaintiffs, a former resident of the Harford Place Apartments, and a fair housing organization, filed a lawsuit on October 23, 2020 against the owners and managers of the Harford Place Apartments, an affordable housing complex, alleging discrimination on the basis of disability in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act and related state laws. The plaintiffs were represented by Indiana Disability Rights (the Protection and Advocacy agency for Indiana) and Brancart & Brancart of Loma Mar, Cali…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
L.A. v. Braun

1:25-cv-00596 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: March 28, 2025

This is a putative class action lawsuit challenging a state directive that prevented transgender Indiana residents from changing their birth certificate to reflect their gender. On March 4, 2025, the Governor of Indiana signed Executive Order 25-36, which purported to define "sex" and "gender" as immutable characteristics determined at conception. On March 28, 2025, a 15-year-old transgender girl and her legal guardian filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indi…
EDUCATION
McKinney v. National Collegiate Athletic Association

1:23-cv-01372 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 2023

This putative class-action lawsuit was filed on August 4, 2023 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, on behalf of Black student-athletes at HBCUs. The plaintiff, a current student-athlete at an HBCU, alleged that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) engaged in discriminatory practices through the use of its Academic Performance Program in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and 42 U.S.C. § 1985. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff sought an injuncti…