Disability Rights
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2023
![Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Deborah Laufer](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Deborah Laufer
Whether a “tester” has standing to challenge a place of public accommodation’s illegal failure to provide disability accessibility information on its website, even if she does not intend to visit that place of public accommodation.
Status: Closed (Dismissed)
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Jun 2020
![Harris v. Georgia Department of Corrections](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Harris v. Georgia Department of Corrections
On October 3, 2018, the ACLU and the ACLU of Georgia, together with National Association of the Deaf and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of deaf and hard of hearing people incarcerated in prisons supervised by the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC). The complaint highlights GDC’s failure to provide incarcerated deaf and hard of hearing people with equally effective communication access to programs, services, and activities, including medical care, telecommunications, and prison programs. Further, due to lack of access to interpreters and other communication accommodations, deaf prisoners are also often unable to explain or defend themselves when GDC takes disciplinary action against them.
Status: Ongoing
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Jun 2020
![Cobb v. Georgia Department of Community Supervision](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Cobb v. Georgia Department of Community Supervision
The ACLU and ACLU of Georgia, along with the National Association of the Deaf and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of deaf and hard of hearing individuals on probation and parole supervised by the Georgia Department of Community Supervision (GDCS). We also sought a preliminary injunction, directing GDCS to immediately provide American Sign Language interpreters, auxiliary aids and services, and reasonable modifications to deaf and hard of hearing individuals on probation or parole.
Status: Ongoing
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Aug 2015
![S.R. v. Kenton County Sheriff's Office](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/01/String out 2.00_01_01_06.Still001-600x338.jpg)
S.R. v. Kenton County Sheriff's Office
A deputy sheriff shackled two elementary school children who have disabilities, causing them pain and trauma, according to a federal lawsuit filed today by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Children’s Law Center, and Dinsmore & Shohl.
Status: Closed (Settled)
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21 Disability Rights Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2022
![Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.
Whether civil rights statutes that prohibit federal financial recipients from discriminating on the basis of disability, race, and sex allow plaintiffs to be compensated for emotional distress injuries where they show that they were victims of discrimination.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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![Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
U.S. Supreme Court
Disability Rights
+2 Issues
Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.
Whether civil rights statutes that prohibit federal financial recipients from discriminating on the basis of disability, race, and sex allow plaintiffs to be compensated for emotional distress injuries where they show that they were victims of discrimination.
Apr 2022
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021
![California v. Texas](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
California v. Texas
Whether Congress’s zeroing out of the tax assessment in the Affordable Care Act for people who fail to obtain health insurance renders the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional?
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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![California v. Texas](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
U.S. Supreme Court
Disability Rights
California v. Texas
Whether Congress’s zeroing out of the tax assessment in the Affordable Care Act for people who fail to obtain health insurance renders the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional?
Dec 2021
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2021
![CVS Pharmacy, Inc. v. Doe](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
CVS Pharmacy, Inc. v. Doe
Whether Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act creates a private cause of action for disparate impact claims.
Status: Closed (Voluntarily Dismissed)
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![CVS Pharmacy, Inc. v. Doe](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
U.S. Supreme Court
Disability Rights
CVS Pharmacy, Inc. v. Doe
Whether Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act creates a private cause of action for disparate impact claims.
Nov 2021
Status: Closed (Voluntarily Dismissed)
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Aug 2021
![J.W. v. Paley](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
J.W. v. Paley
It is critical that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals clarify that the Fourth Amendment applies to the use of force against schoolchildren. J.W. v. Paley involves Fourteenth and Fourth Amendment claims stemming from a police officer tasing a high school student with disabilities who was attempting to exit the school building to calm down following an incident with another student. The district court dismissed the Fourteenth Amendment claim based on precedent, but allowed the Fourth Amendment claim to proceed, denying qualified immunity to the officer. The Fifth Circuit, however, reversed the lower court’s decision regarding the Fourth Amendment claim, ultimately leaving schoolchildren without any constitutional protection from excessive force by law enforcement in the Fifth Circuit.
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![J.W. v. Paley](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Disability Rights
+2 Issues
J.W. v. Paley
It is critical that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals clarify that the Fourth Amendment applies to the use of force against schoolchildren. J.W. v. Paley involves Fourteenth and Fourth Amendment claims stemming from a police officer tasing a high school student with disabilities who was attempting to exit the school building to calm down following an incident with another student. The district court dismissed the Fourteenth Amendment claim based on precedent, but allowed the Fourth Amendment claim to proceed, denying qualified immunity to the officer. The Fifth Circuit, however, reversed the lower court’s decision regarding the Fourth Amendment claim, ultimately leaving schoolchildren without any constitutional protection from excessive force by law enforcement in the Fifth Circuit.
Aug 2021
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![A technician wearing a surgical mask and hard hat stands with arms crossed in a factory.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2020/11/COVID19-Working-Women-Header-Image-600x400.jpg)
Disability Rights
Women's Rights
Mihal v. McMaster
Apr 2021
Status: Ongoing
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