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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Eggers v. Evnen

4:22-cv-03089 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: May 16, 2022

Closed Date: Oct. 13, 2022

This case is about Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana (“NMM”), an incorporated nonprofit entity and a ballot campaign committee, and a paid contractor, volunteer, and sponsor of NMM, seeking to enjoin Nebraska Secretary of State from enforcing the unconstitutional multicounty signature distribution requirement of Article III, Section 2 of the Nebraska Constitution. On May 16, 2022, the plaintiffs commenced this civil rights action in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska u…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska v. Thurston County, Nebraska

8:23-cv-00020 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: Jan. 19, 2023

Closed Date: Jan. 26, 2024

This case is about two American Indian tribes and a handful of members of each tribe who also reside in and are registered to vote in Thurston County, Nebraska challenging Thurston County’s redistricting plan for the Thurston County Board of Supervisor districts. The plaintiffs alleged that the new redistricting plan diluted the voting strength of Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native voters and voters from the reservations of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and the Omaha Tribe of Nebra…

Settled: Case Closed

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Johnson v. Cody-Kilgore Unified School District

4:21-cv-03103 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: May 17, 2021

This case was filed after two Lakota children had their hair cut twice, contrary to their traditional and religious beliefs, by school employees during lice checks, the second time after the parents of the children voiced concerns. Two parents and two students, represented by the ACLU of Nebraska, filed suit against the Cody-Kilgore Unified School District and two school employees in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska on May 17, 2021, alleging that the school had an unwritten …

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc. v. Hilgers

D02CI230001820 | Nebraska state trial court

Filed Date: May 30, 2023

Closed Date: July 26, 2024

This lawsuit challenged a Nebraska state law (L.B. 574) that imposed a twelve-week abortion ban and prohibited gender-affirming care for transgender youth under nineteen years of age. On July 19, 2023, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc. and its medical doctor, abortion service providers in Nebraska, filed the lawsuit, represented by the ACLU of Nebraska and the ACLU’s State Supreme Court Initiative, in the District Court of Lancaster County, Nebraska. The Plaintiffs sued the Attorney Gen…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
United States v. Lincoln Public Schools

4:24-cv-03141 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 2024

This investigation concerned Lincoln Public Schools' (LPS) alleged violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) through its treatment of deaf and hard-of-hearing students. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) initiated an investigation into LPS following allegations that it violated the ADA by denying some deaf and hard-of-hearing students an equal opportunity to attend their neighborhood schools. The investigation scrutinized LPS's practices, specifically focusing on the requirement …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Stewart v. Heineman

CI 13-3157 | Nebraska state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 27, 2013

On August 27, 2013, the plaintiffs, who were gay and lesbian couples in Nebraska, filed suit in the District Court of Lancaster County, Nebraska against the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Nebraska Division of Children and Family Services. Represented by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union, the plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. §1983 and the Nebraska Constitution, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief prohibiting the Department of Human Services f…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States of America v. Colfax County, Nebraska

8:12-cv-00084 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: Feb. 27, 2012

Closed Date: March 30, 2015

This case is about violations of the minority language requirements of Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act. On February 27, 2012, the Attorney General's office, on behalf of the United States, filed this lawsuit in the United States District of the District of Nebraska. Plaintiff sued the County of Colfax, Nebraska under 42 U.S.C. §1973aa-1a, and sought an injunction requiring the County to develop and implement a remedial program to ensure adherence to the minority language requirements of Se…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Waters v. Heineman

8:14-cv-00356 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: Dec. 2, 2014

Closed Date: June 14, 2019

On December 2, 2014, seven same-sex couples seeking to marry or have their out-of-state marriage recognized in Nebraska filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska. The plaintiffs, represented by lawyers from the ACLU and private counsel, sued the state of Nebraska and sought declaratory and injunctive relief. The plaintiffs alleged that Nebraska's exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage and refusal to recognize the marriages of same-sex…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Bernbeck v. Gale

8:13-cv-00228 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: July 30, 2013

Closed Date: Sept. 15, 2016

This is a case about Nebraska's signature requirements for citizen-initiated ballot measure petitions.  On July 30, 2013, an Omaha businessman sued the Nebraska Secretary of State and the clerk of the village of Denton under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff challenged two aspects of Nebraska's requirements for signatures on petitions for statewide ballot measures. He sought declaratory and injunctive relief and a…
LABOR RIGHTS
Walsh v. Packers Sanitation Services, Inc.

4:22-cv-03246 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 2022

Martin Walsh filed suit in his official capacity as the Secretary of Labor for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) against Packers Sanitation Services, one of the largest food safety companies in the U.S., in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska on November 9, 2022. DOL alleged that Packers illegally employed more than two dozen children, ranging in age from 13 to 17, in meatpacking plants in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. DOL also filed a motion for a Temporary Restr…