Mass Incarceration
Dockery v. Hall
The ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander, and the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP, filed a petition for class certification and expert reports for a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). The lawsuit, which was filed in May 2013, describes the for-profit prison as hyper-violent, grotesquely filthy and dangerous. EMCF is operated "in a perpetual state of crisis" where prisoners are at "grave risk of death and loss of limbs." The facility, located in Meridian, Mississippi, is supposed to provide intensive treatment to the state's prisoners with serious psychiatric disabilities, many of whom are locked down in long-term solitary confinement.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2008
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Women's Rights
Crawford v. Nashville
Whether employees who cooperate with an internal investigation of alleged sexual harassment are protected against retaliation under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2008
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Women's Rights
Crawford v. Nashville
Whether employees who cooperate with an internal investigation of alleged sexual harassment are protected against retaliation under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2008
Mass Incarceration
Racial Justice
Grutter v. Bollinger
DECIDED
This case challenged the use of affirmative action in the University of Michigan's law school admissions process. The Court upheld the constitutionality of narrowly tailored race-conscious affirmative action programs that further the compelling interest of diversity.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2008
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Racial Justice
Grutter v. Bollinger
DECIDED
This case challenged the use of affirmative action in the University of Michigan's law school admissions process. The Court upheld the constitutionality of narrowly tailored race-conscious affirmative action programs that further the compelling interest of diversity.
Court Case
Mar 2008
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Racial Justice
Schroeder v. Palm Beach County School Board
In this case, the ACLU charges that the shamefully low high school graduation rates in Florida's Palm Beach County violate students鈥� constitutional right to a high-quality education.
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Mar 2008
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Schroeder v. Palm Beach County School Board
In this case, the ACLU charges that the shamefully low high school graduation rates in Florida's Palm Beach County violate students鈥� constitutional right to a high-quality education.
Court Case
Mar 2008
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Capital Punishment
State of Tennessee v. Taylor
Severely Mentally-Ill ACLU Client is Sentenced to Life Imprisonment After Successful Appeal and 18 Years on Death Row
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Mar 2008
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Capital Punishment
State of Tennessee v. Taylor
Severely Mentally-Ill ACLU Client is Sentenced to Life Imprisonment After Successful Appeal and 18 Years on Death Row
Court Case
Feb 2008
Mass Incarceration
Women's Rights
J.K. v. Arizona Board of Regents
The plaintiff in this case, a student at Arizona State University ("ASU"), was raped in her dormitory room by an ASU football player. ASU administrators had expelled the harasser for severe sexual harassment of multiple women at ASU over the summer, and then weeks later arranged to re-admit him 鈥� with no supervision 鈥� to ASU and to the ASU dorms where he raped the plaintiff a few months later.
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Feb 2008
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Women's Rights
J.K. v. Arizona Board of Regents
The plaintiff in this case, a student at Arizona State University ("ASU"), was raped in her dormitory room by an ASU football player. ASU administrators had expelled the harasser for severe sexual harassment of multiple women at ASU over the summer, and then weeks later arranged to re-admit him 鈥� with no supervision 鈥� to ASU and to the ASU dorms where he raped the plaintiff a few months later.