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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Brown v. Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

2:13-cv-00068 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: April 26, 2013

Closed Date: Oct. 31, 2013

None
JAIL CONDITIONS
CODING IN PROCESS
Kentucky County Judge/Executive Association, Inc. (and 112 Counties) v. Commonwealth of KY, Justice & Public Safety Cabinet, Department of Corrections

08-01851 | Kentucky state trial court

Filed Date: 2008

Case Ongoing

Excerpt from an email about this case:Plaintiffs are seeking this action, that KRS 431.215(2) and KRS 441.025(1) are unconstitutional "because said statutes contravene the Kentucky Constitution and declaring that the Commonwealth Kentucky is responsible for reimbursement to the counties for expenses incurred by the counties for prisoners housed in county jails for which the inmate receives a credit for time served, for the reasons set forth..."
PRISON CONDITIONS
Adams & Knights v. Kentucky

3:14-cv-00001 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Jan. 1, 2014

Closed Date: Dec. 24, 2020

On January 1, 2014, deaf and hard of hearing prisoners in the Kentucky prison system filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated against the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Kentucky Department of Corrections, several other departments of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and by the Washington Lawyers' Committee Prisoners Rights Project, alleged violations of the America…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Walmart

6:20-cv-00163 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 2020

Case Ongoing

On August 3, 2020, the EEOC brought a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky against Walmart alleging sex discrimination. Specifically, the complaint alleges that Walmart subjected two named plaintiffs and a class of female grocery workers to a physical ability test that disproportionately impacted female applications by denying them employment opportunities on the basis of their sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The l…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
CODING IN PROCESS
Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana and Kentucky, Inc. v. Cameron

3:22-cv-00198 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: April 14, 2022

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) This lawsuit, brought by a branch of Planned Parenthood, challenged Kentucky's newly-passed restrictive abortion laws, which were passed because the Kentucky Legislature overrode the governor's veto.
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
CODING IN PROCESS
Kentucky v. Biden

3:21-cv-00055 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Nov. 4, 2021

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) COVID-19 Summary: In this case, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio sued to block the federal vaccine mandate which required federal contractors and subcontractors to become vaccinated prior to December 6, 2021. The judge granted the preliminary injunction on November 30, 2021, which enjoined the defendants from implementing the vaccination requirements in the states party to the lawsuit. The defendants appealed and the case remains ongoing. T…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Physician's Services, Inc.

5:05-cv-00393 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Sept. 27, 2005

Closed Date: 2010

The Louisville and Indianapolis District Offices of the EEOC filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. The defendant was Physicians Services, P.S.C. The complaint alleged that one of the four complainants was harassed on the basis of her sex and disability. When she complained, she was allegedly constructively discharged. The other three complainants were all allegedly forced to resign as a result of complaining on behalf of the first complainant. The …
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C. v. Beshear

3:17-cv-00016 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Jan. 9, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 4, 2020

On January 7, 2017, Kentucky enacted House Bill 2 ("the Act"), that required physicians to show a woman seeking an abortion ultrasound images of her embryo or fetus, auscultate the heartbeat, and provide a detailed description of the embryo or fetus prior to performing the abortion, even over the patient's objection. The penalties for violating the Act included a fine of up to $100,000 for a first offense and up to $250,000 for each subsequent offense in addition to disciplinary actions brought…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
CODING IN PROCESS
DOJ Investigation of Kentucky's Mental Health Service System

No Court

Filed Date: May 24, 2022

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) This case concerns the DOJ's investigation into Kentucky's mental health service system.
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
CODING IN PROCESS
EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C. v. Meier

3:19-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: March 14, 2019

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) In 2019, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Kentucky filed a lawsuit to challenge two Kentucky laws: one banned on abortion at 6-weeks of pregnancy, and the other law banned abortion based on the specific reasons for the person’s decision, such as a fetal diagnosis.