LGBTQ Rights
Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Florida v. Raymond Rodrigues
The University of Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine filed a lawsuit on November 16, 2023, challenging the Chancellor of the State University System of Florida’s order to state universities to deactivate the student group. This order threatens the students’ constitutionally-protected right to free speech and association in violation of the First Amendment. The ACLU and its partners are seeking a preliminary injunction that would bar the Chancellor and the University of Florida from deactivating the UF SJP.
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2020
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R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v EEOC & Aimee Stephens
Aimee Stephens had worked for nearly six years as a funeral director at R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes when she informed the funeral home’s owner that she is a transgender woman. She was fired, the EEOC sued on her behalf, and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Aimee’s employer engaged in unlawful sex discrimination when it fired her because she’s transgender. We represented Aimee Stephens in front of the U.S. Supreme Court — and won.
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2019
LGBTQ Rights
Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda
Don Zarda loved to skydive. He worked as a skydiving instructor at Altitude Express, a company on Long Island, N.Y. He was fired for being gay.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2018
LGBTQ Rights
Religious Liberty
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
Whether a business open to the public has a constitutional right to discriminate.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2015
LGBTQ Rights
Obergefell, et al. v. Hodges - Freedom to Marry in Ohio
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Ohio and Alphonse Gerhardstein of Gerhardstein & Branch have filed suit on behalf of Jim Obergefell and David Michener, two widowers, and Robert Grunn, a funeral director, in a challenge to the Ohio constitutional and statutory marriage recognition bans.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2015
LGBTQ Rights
Bourke v. Beshear & Love v. Beshear - Freedom to Marry in Kentucky
Bourke v. Beshear is a federal court challenge to Kentucky's constitutional ban on marriage for same-sex couples, filed by attorneys at Clay Daniel Walton & Adams and Fauver Law Office on July 26, 2013, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. The plaintiffs are four same-sex couples seeking state recognition of their out-of-state marriages.
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California
Jul 2009
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In re Marriage Cases
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Jun 2009
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Ramona, CA Harvey Milk Censorship
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Jun 2009
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Ramona, CA Harvey Milk Censorship
Wisconsin
Jun 2009
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Dunnum v. Wisconsin
(Formerly Helgeland v. Wisconsin)
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Wisconsin
Jun 2009
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Dunnum v. Wisconsin
(Formerly Helgeland v. Wisconsin)
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May 2009
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Advocacy on Behalf of Gay Men Verbally Abused by McDonald's Staff
The ACLU is representing two gay men in an official complaint to the Louisville Human Relations Commission after an employee at a McDonald's restaurant in downtown Louisville called them and three friends a series of anti-gay slurs.
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May 2009
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Advocacy on Behalf of Gay Men Verbally Abused by McDonald's Staff
The ACLU is representing two gay men in an official complaint to the Louisville Human Relations Commission after an employee at a McDonald's restaurant in downtown Louisville called them and three friends a series of anti-gay slurs.
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Apr 2008
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Outing at Hollis F. Price Middle College High School
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Apr 2008
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