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Toys “R” Us Violates Law by Barring Breastfeeding in Store, NYCLU Warns (09/14/2006)
NEW YORK -- The New York Civil Liberties Union today warned the Toys “R” Us company that it violated civil rights law by telling a mother that she could not breastfeed her infant in a store.

Female and Minority Custodians in New York Can Keep Benefits Won in Discrimination Case, Judge Rules (09/12/2006)
NEW YORK -- A federal judge in Brooklyn has upheld job benefits for female and minority school custodians in a case that has been in the courts for the past ten years. The American Civil Liberties Union, which represents 22 of 59 custodians who were awarded benefits in 1999, called the decision an important victory against discrimination in the workplace.

ACLU Settles Case of Sexual Harassment and Labor Law Violations Against Manhattan Hotel (08/29/2006)
NEW YORK -- The American Civil Liberties Union today settled a sexual harassment and wage and hour violation case brought in federal district court on behalf of four Latina employees of the Broadway Plaza Hotel.

ACLU Challenges Denial of Housing Permit to Unmarried Couple in Black Jack, Missouri (08/10/2006)
ST. LOUIS, MO -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri and the ACLU Women’s Rights Project filed a lawsuit today on behalf of a family that was denied a permit to live in the city of Black Jack because of a law that prohibits more than three people from living together unless they are related by “blood, marriage or adoption.”

ACLU Wins Major Lawsuit Against Sex-Segregated School in Louisiana (08/03/2006)
DENHAM SPRINGS, LA -- The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Louisiana today announced victory in a lawsuit filed on behalf of thirteen-year-old eighth grader Michelle Selden who sought to have the same educational opportunities as boys. The Livingston Parish School Board has agreed to refrain from segregating students on the basis of sex in the coming school year.

ACLU of Maryland Declares Victory as High Court Unanimously Rules Pregnancy Prosecutions Are Illegal (08/03/2006)
BALTIMORE, MD – The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland applauded today’s decision by the Maryland Court of Appeals unanimously ruling that the reckless endangerment statute does not apply to women who take drugs while pregnant.

ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Sex-Segregated School in Louisiana (08/02/2006)
DENHAM SPRINGS, LA -- The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Louisiana today filed a lawsuit on behalf of thirteen-year-old eighth grader Michelle Selden who wants to have the same educational opportunities as boys. She wants to stop the Livingston Parish School Board from segregating students on the basis of sex in the coming school year.

Single Sex School in Louisiana Denies Girls and Boys Same Educational Opportunities (07/31/2006)
NEW ORLEANS -- The American Civil Liberties Union today released a demand letter sent last week to Southside Junior High School officials in the Livingston Parish School District. The letter called for the immediate stop to plans to segregate students on the basis of sex in the coming school year.

ACLU Wins Challenge to North Carolina's Cohabitation Ban (07/20/2006)
BURGAW, NC - The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina today applauded a state court decision declaring the state's 201-year-old ban on cohabitation to be unconstitutional.

Department of Correction Retaliates Against Officers, Says ACLU (07/13/2006)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit today against the New York City Department of Correction (DOC) on behalf of two female officers who have faced departmental discrimination and retaliation for following procedures and reporting sexual and physical assaults by male officers.