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133 Women's Rights Cases
North Carolina
Nov 2011
Women's Rights
Covarrubias v. Capt. Charlie's Seafood Inc.
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of North Carolina and the North Carolina Justice Center filed a class action lawsuit and charges of discrimination against Capt. Charlie's Seafood, Inc. on behalf of three temporary H-2B visa workers for unlawfully restricting them to certain work solely because they are women. The class action lawsuit charged that the company underpaid H-2B visa workers and failed to reimburse them for visa and travel costs.
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North Carolina
Nov 2011
Women's Rights
Covarrubias v. Capt. Charlie's Seafood Inc.
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of North Carolina and the North Carolina Justice Center filed a class action lawsuit and charges of discrimination against Capt. Charlie's Seafood, Inc. on behalf of three temporary H-2B visa workers for unlawfully restricting them to certain work solely because they are women. The class action lawsuit charged that the company underpaid H-2B visa workers and failed to reimburse them for visa and travel costs.
U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2011
Women's Rights
Smart Justice
Doe v. Vermilion Parish School Board
On September 8, 2009, the ACLU Women's Rights Project and the ACLU of Louisiana filed a lawsuit in a federal district court in Louisiana challenging the Vermilion Parish School District’s illegal sex segregation policy. The lawsuit charged that mandatory sex segregation in public schools violated Title IX of the Education Amendments, the Equal Education Opportunities Act and the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a parent whose two children were placed in sex segregated classrooms without being offered equal coeducational options as required by law.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2011
Women's Rights
Smart Justice
Doe v. Vermilion Parish School Board
On September 8, 2009, the ACLU Women's Rights Project and the ACLU of Louisiana filed a lawsuit in a federal district court in Louisiana challenging the Vermilion Parish School District’s illegal sex segregation policy. The lawsuit charged that mandatory sex segregation in public schools violated Title IX of the Education Amendments, the Equal Education Opportunities Act and the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a parent whose two children were placed in sex segregated classrooms without being offered equal coeducational options as required by law.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2011
Women's Rights
Wal-Mart v. Dukes
Whether this sex discrimination case against Wal-Mart should be allowed to proceed as a class action.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2011
Women's Rights
Wal-Mart v. Dukes
Whether this sex discrimination case against Wal-Mart should be allowed to proceed as a class action.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2011
Women's Rights
+2 Issues
Flores-Villar v. United States
Whether the government may constitutionally make it more difficult for citizen fathers than citizen mothers to transmit citizenship to their out-of-wedlock children born outside the U.S.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2011
Women's Rights
+2 Issues
Flores-Villar v. United States
Whether the government may constitutionally make it more difficult for citizen fathers than citizen mothers to transmit citizenship to their out-of-wedlock children born outside the U.S.
Montana
Apr 2011
Women's Rights
Reproductive Freedom
Cajúne v. Lake County
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Montana
Apr 2011
Women's Rights
Reproductive Freedom