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Weir v. U.S.
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Weir v. U.S.
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Status: Ongoing
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit in June 2019 against the United States and the head of the U.S. Coast Guard on behalf of four Jamaican fishermen, who were forcibly removed from their fishing boat and detained for over a month at sea on four U.S. Coast Guard ships in patently inhumane conditions.
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24 Human Rights Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2013
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
Whether the Indian Child Welfare Act was properly applied under the facts of this case.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Human Rights
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
Whether the Indian Child Welfare Act was properly applied under the facts of this case.
Mar 2013
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Mar 2013
EEOC v. Signal International, LLC
On April 20, 2011, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against Signal International, LLC for abusing hundreds of foreign guestworkers from India lured to work in the U.S. after Hurricane Katrina.
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Human Rights
EEOC v. Signal International, LLC
On April 20, 2011, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against Signal International, LLC for abusing hundreds of foreign guestworkers from India lured to work in the U.S. after Hurricane Katrina.
Mar 2013
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Jul 2012
Case Profile - Petition Alleging Violations of the Human Rights of Undocumented Workers by the United States of America
In 2002, the Supreme Court decided Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc vs. NLRB, which found that an undocumented worker who was unlawfully fired for engaging in union organizing activities was not entitled to the back-pay that another “documented” worker would receive.
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Human Rights
Case Profile - Petition Alleging Violations of the Human Rights of Undocumented Workers by the United States of America
In 2002, the Supreme Court decided Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc vs. NLRB, which found that an undocumented worker who was unlawfully fired for engaging in union organizing activities was not entitled to the back-pay that another “documented” worker would receive.
Jul 2012
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2012
Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.
Whether aliens who suffered severe human rights abuses abroad can sue those responsible for the abuses in federal court under the Alien Tort Statute.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Human Rights
Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.
Whether aliens who suffered severe human rights abuses abroad can sue those responsible for the abuses in federal court under the Alien Tort Statute.
Jun 2012
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Mar 2012
Petition to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Regarding Torture and Abuse of Prisoners by U.S. Military in Afghanistan and Iraq
In March 2012 the ACLU filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IAHCR) against the U.S. on behalf of three Afghanis and three Iraqis who were tortured while held by the American military at detention centers in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2003 and 2004. They were part of a group of men that in 2005 sued then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and three senior military officials in federal court for their torture and abuse. That case was summarily dismissed on immunity grounds before reaching the merits.
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Human Rights
National Security
Petition to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Regarding Torture and Abuse of Prisoners by U.S. Military in Afghanistan and Iraq
In March 2012 the ACLU filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IAHCR) against the U.S. on behalf of three Afghanis and three Iraqis who were tortured while held by the American military at detention centers in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2003 and 2004. They were part of a group of men that in 2005 sued then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and three senior military officials in federal court for their torture and abuse. That case was summarily dismissed on immunity grounds before reaching the merits.
Mar 2012
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