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131 Women's Rights Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Women's Rights
+2 Issues
Doe v. Arpaio
Mar 2010
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2009
Nelson v. Norris
The case of an Arkansas woman who was shackled to her hospital bed while in labor in 2003.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Women's Rights
+3 Issues
Nelson v. Norris
The case of an Arkansas woman who was shackled to her hospital bed while in labor in 2003.
Nov 2009
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2009
Pottawattamie County v. McGhee
Whether a prosecutor is entitled to absolute immunity from damages for fabricating evidence during a criminal investigation when the same prosecutor later uses that evidence at trial to convict.
Status: Closed (Voluntarily Dismissed)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Women's Rights
+4 Issues
Pottawattamie County v. McGhee
Whether a prosecutor is entitled to absolute immunity from damages for fabricating evidence during a criminal investigation when the same prosecutor later uses that evidence at trial to convict.
Sep 2009
Status: Closed (Voluntarily Dismissed)
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Aug 2009
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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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.
Aug 2009
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Aug 2009
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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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.
Aug 2009
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