Women's Rights
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133 Women's Rights Cases
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Aug 2009
Women's Rights
Indigo Real Estate Services
WRP and the ACLU of Washington submitted an amicus brief in support of a domestic violence survivor who sought to substitute her initials for her full name in an eviction court record.
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Aug 2009
Women's Rights
Indigo Real Estate Services
WRP and the ACLU of Washington submitted an amicus brief in support of a domestic violence survivor who sought to substitute her initials for her full name in an eviction court record.
Court Case
Aug 2009
Women's Rights
+2 Issues
KC v Nedelkoff
On June 12, 2008 the ACLU filed a class action lawsuit challenging inhumane practices - punitive solitary confinement, routine strip searches, and other forms of abuse - at the Brownwood State School, a youth prison in central Texas.
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Court Case
Aug 2009
Women's Rights
+2 Issues
KC v Nedelkoff
On June 12, 2008 the ACLU filed a class action lawsuit challenging inhumane practices - punitive solitary confinement, routine strip searches, and other forms of abuse - at the Brownwood State School, a youth prison in central Texas.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2009
Women's Rights
+2 Issues
Ricci v. DeStefano
Whether a public employer may lawfully refuse to certify the results of a promotional exam when it has a strong basis in evidence to believe that the test violates Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act because of its discriminatory impact on minorities or women. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2009
Women's Rights
+2 Issues
Ricci v. DeStefano
Whether a public employer may lawfully refuse to certify the results of a promotional exam when it has a strong basis in evidence to believe that the test violates Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act because of its discriminatory impact on minorities or women. DECIDED
Court Case
Jun 2009
Women's Rights
Boswell v. GumBayTay, et al.
WRP filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a tenant who was sexually harassed by her housing manager.
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Court Case
Jun 2009
Women's Rights
Boswell v. GumBayTay, et al.
WRP filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a tenant who was sexually harassed by her housing manager.
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2009
Women's Rights
+4 Issues
District Attorney's Office v. Osborne
Whether it violates due process to imprison someone who is actually innocent, and whether an inmate has a post-conviction right to obtain DNA evidence in the government's possession that could establish his innocence with total certainty. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2009
Women's Rights
+4 Issues
District Attorney's Office v. Osborne
Whether it violates due process to imprison someone who is actually innocent, and whether an inmate has a post-conviction right to obtain DNA evidence in the government's possession that could establish his innocence with total certainty. DECIDED