Alabama
Allen v. Milligan
Whether Alabama’s congressional districts violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act because they discriminate against Black voters. We succeeded in winning a new map for 2024 elections which, for the first time, has two congressional district that provide Black voters a fair opportunity to elect candidates of their choosing despite multiple attempts by Alabama to stop us at the Supreme Court. Despite this win, Alabama is still defending its discriminatory map, and trial will occur in February 2025 to determine the map for the rest of the decade.
Status: Ongoing
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22 Alabama Cases
Alabama
Aug 2021
Robinson, et al. v. Marshall, et al.
The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Alabama, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America filed a lawsuit challenging an extreme law that bans abortion in nearly every case and punishes doctors with up to 99 years in prison for providing care.
Status: Ongoing
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Alabama
Reproductive Freedom
Robinson, et al. v. Marshall, et al.
The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Alabama, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America filed a lawsuit challenging an extreme law that bans abortion in nearly every case and punishes doctors with up to 99 years in prison for providing care.
Aug 2021
Status: Ongoing
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Alabama
Apr 2020
Kimberlie Michelle Durham v. Rural/Metro Corporation
Status: Ongoing
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Alabama
Women's Rights
Kimberlie Michelle Durham v. Rural/Metro Corporation
Apr 2020
Status: Ongoing
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Alabama
May 2018
West Alabama Women’s Center v. Miller
A federal appeals court struck down Alabama’s law prohibiting physicians from performing a medically proven method of abortion care that some women need.
Status: Ongoing
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Alabama
Reproductive Freedom
West Alabama Women’s Center v. Miller
A federal appeals court struck down Alabama’s law prohibiting physicians from performing a medically proven method of abortion care that some women need.
May 2018
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2018
Hester v. Gentry
In Alabama’s criminal justice system, wealth can be synonymous with freedom, and lack of wealth can mean incarceration. That’s wealth-based justice, and it’s unconstitutional. Hundreds of defendants, including Bradley Hester, Ray Charles Schultz, and Randall Parris, are routinely jailed pretrial due to their inability to afford a predetermined bail bond required for release. This system disregards the ramifications of unconstitutional pretrial detention for individuals and families, which include presumption of innocence, economic and emotional hardship, and potential loss of one’s job. We along with partners intervened in a federal class action lawsuit which seeks to end this unlawful detention scheme, and calls on Cullman County to instead implement fair, efficient, alternative conditions of release that are not based on how much money someone has.
Status: Closed
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U.S. Supreme Court
Criminal Law Reform
Smart Justice
Hester v. Gentry
In Alabama’s criminal justice system, wealth can be synonymous with freedom, and lack of wealth can mean incarceration. That’s wealth-based justice, and it’s unconstitutional. Hundreds of defendants, including Bradley Hester, Ray Charles Schultz, and Randall Parris, are routinely jailed pretrial due to their inability to afford a predetermined bail bond required for release. This system disregards the ramifications of unconstitutional pretrial detention for individuals and families, which include presumption of innocence, economic and emotional hardship, and potential loss of one’s job. We along with partners intervened in a federal class action lawsuit which seeks to end this unlawful detention scheme, and calls on Cullman County to instead implement fair, efficient, alternative conditions of release that are not based on how much money someone has.
Apr 2018
Status: Closed
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