Pennsylvania
Briggs v. Borough of Norristown et al.
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, and the law firm of Pepper Hamilton LLP, have filed a federal lawsuit challenging an unconstitutional municipal ordinance that punishes innocent tenants and their landlords for requesting police assistance. The challenge was filed on behalf of a domestic violence victim who faced eviction from her home after requesting police protection from an abusive ex-boyfriend.
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Pennsylvania
May 2014
Whitewood v. Wolf - Freedom to Marry in Pennsylvania
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, the American Civil Liberties Union, and volunteer counsel from the law firm of Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller have filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of 21 Pennsylvanians who wish to marry in Pennsylvania or want the Commonwealth to recognize their out-of-state marriages. The lawsuit alleges that Pennsylvania's Defense of Marriage Act and refusal to marry lesbian and gay couples or recognize their out-of-state marriages violates the fundamental right to marry as well as the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Pennsylvania
LGBTQ Rights
Whitewood v. Wolf - Freedom to Marry in Pennsylvania
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, the American Civil Liberties Union, and volunteer counsel from the law firm of Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller have filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of 21 Pennsylvanians who wish to marry in Pennsylvania or want the Commonwealth to recognize their out-of-state marriages. The lawsuit alleges that Pennsylvania's Defense of Marriage Act and refusal to marry lesbian and gay couples or recognize their out-of-state marriages violates the fundamental right to marry as well as the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
May 2014
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Pennsylvania
Dec 2013
Carnegie Mellon Title IX Office for Civil Rights Complaint
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a complaint against Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for failing to protect a student even after concluding that her abusive ex-girlfriend violated its sexual assault policy.
Status: Closed (Settled)
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Pennsylvania
Women's Rights
Carnegie Mellon Title IX Office for Civil Rights Complaint
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a complaint against Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for failing to protect a student even after concluding that her abusive ex-girlfriend violated its sexual assault policy.
Dec 2013
Status: Closed (Settled)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2012
George v. TSA
Nick George was on his way to start his senior year at California’s Pomona College in August 2009 when he was detained, aggressively interrogated, handcuffed, and locked in a jail cell for nearly five hours at the Philadelphia International Airport because he was carrying a set of English-Arabic flashcards in for his college language class, as well as a book critical of U.S. foreign policy.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Privacy & Technology
George v. TSA
Nick George was on his way to start his senior year at California’s Pomona College in August 2009 when he was detained, aggressively interrogated, handcuffed, and locked in a jail cell for nearly five hours at the Philadelphia International Airport because he was carrying a set of English-Arabic flashcards in for his college language class, as well as a book critical of U.S. foreign policy.
Oct 2012
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Pennsylvania
Aug 2011
Wiessmann v. State College Area School District - (PA Domestic Partner Benefits)
Challenge to public school policy that grants health care benefits to domestic partners of employees only if the partners are not of the same sex.
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Pennsylvania
LGBTQ Rights
Wiessmann v. State College Area School District - (PA Domestic Partner Benefits)
Challenge to public school policy that grants health care benefits to domestic partners of employees only if the partners are not of the same sex.
Aug 2011
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