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ACLU of New Mexico Joins Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Local Hockey Team (05/11/2004)
ALBUQUERQUE--The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico today announced its representation of five former employees of the New Mexico Scorpions hockey team in their pending lawsuit over hostile and discriminatory working conditions during the 2001-2002 season.

ACLU Brings Complaint of Sexual Harassment Against Manhattan Hotel (02/04/2004)
NEW YORK--The American Civil Liberties Union today filed sexual harassment charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of five Latina employees of the Broadway Plaza Hotel who were sexually harassed and economically exploited by the hotel manager.

ACLU Defends NYC School Custodians After Justice Department Dumps Their Discrimination Case (10/23/2002)
NEW YORK-The American Civil Liberties Union today said that it is defending 20 New York City school custodians whose discrimination lawsuit was recently abandoned by the U.S. Department of Justice and who as a result now stand to lose their seniority, their benefits and their jobs.

ACLU Urges Congress to Ensure Full Enforcement of Civil Rights Laws (05/21/2002)
WASHINGTON - Concerned with reports that the Department of Justice may be failing to fully enforce U.S. civil rights laws, the American Civil Liberties Union today urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to use its oversight function to ensure that the Department fully comply with its responsibility to protect Americans from discrimination. 

Appeals Court Finds Maryland State Police Liable For Gender Discrimination in 'Trooper Dad' Case (11/08/2001)
RICHMOND, VA -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland today applauded the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision to disallow the Maryland State Police to escape liability for their discriminatory treatment of a state trooper who was denied leave from work to care for his newborn child because the police department limited parental leave of absence to 'mothers only.'

In Blocking Father's Time Off to Care for First-Born, South Carolina is the "Deadbeat," ACLU Charges (03/08/2000)
GREENWOOD, SC--Rather than give a male state trooper time off to care for his first-born child, the American Civil Liberties Union today said that South Carolina officials are asking a federal court to invalidate the hugely popular Family and Medical Leave Act as unconstitutional.

Chronology of David Robert's Case (06/22/1999)

ACLU Defends Father's Right to Care for First-Born Daughter (06/22/1999)
GREENWOOD, SC -- The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal lawsuit against the South Carolina Department of Public Safety for firing a nine-year police veteran who asserted his right to take parental leave after the birth of his first daughter.