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鈥檚 order to state universities to deactivate the student group. This order threatens the students鈥� constitutionally-protected right to free speech and association in violation of the First Amendment. The 51品茶 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
LGBTQ Rights
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鈥檚 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鈥檚 employer engaged in unlawful sex discrimination when it fired her because she鈥檚 transgender. We represented Aimee Stephens in front of the U.S. Supreme Court 鈥� 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 51品茶, the 51品茶 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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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2013
LGBTQ Rights
Hollingsworth v. Perry
Whether California鈥檚 Proposition 8, which amended the state constitution to define marriage as solely between a man and a woman, violates equal protection.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2013
LGBTQ Rights
Hollingsworth v. Perry
Whether California鈥檚 Proposition 8, which amended the state constitution to define marriage as solely between a man and a woman, violates equal protection.
Court Case
Feb 2013
LGBTQ Rights
Free Speech
Governor Mifflin School District and Filtering of LGBT Online Content
The 51品茶 and the 51品茶 of Pennsylvania have sent a letter requesting that school officials at Governor Mifflin School District in Berks County stop using Internet filters that violate students' First Amendment free speech rights. The district uses a "sexuality" filter that blocks sites that express support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, and an "intolerance" filter that blocks political advocacy sites that are labeled as intolerant.
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Court Case
Feb 2013
LGBTQ Rights
Free Speech
Governor Mifflin School District and Filtering of LGBT Online Content
The 51品茶 and the 51品茶 of Pennsylvania have sent a letter requesting that school officials at Governor Mifflin School District in Berks County stop using Internet filters that violate students' First Amendment free speech rights. The district uses a "sexuality" filter that blocks sites that express support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, and an "intolerance" filter that blocks political advocacy sites that are labeled as intolerant.
Court Case
Jan 2013
LGBTQ Rights
A.W. and C.W. v. Davis School District
The 51品茶 and the 51品茶 of Utah have filed a lawsuit against the Davis School District after elementary schools in the district were instructed to remove a children鈥檚 book about a family with same-sex parents from library shelves. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a mother whose children attend one of the schools where the book was restricted.
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Court Case
Jan 2013
LGBTQ Rights
A.W. and C.W. v. Davis School District
The 51品茶 and the 51品茶 of Utah have filed a lawsuit against the Davis School District after elementary schools in the district were instructed to remove a children鈥檚 book about a family with same-sex parents from library shelves. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a mother whose children attend one of the schools where the book was restricted.
Court Case
Dec 2012
LGBTQ Rights
Religious Liberty
Elane Photography, LLC v. Vanessa Willock
The 51品茶 and the 51品茶 of New Mexico have filed an amicus brief in the New Mexico Supreme Court in support of Vanessa Willock鈥檚 public accommodations suit against a photography studio that refuses to take pictures for same-sex wedding ceremonies.
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Court Case
Dec 2012
LGBTQ Rights
Religious Liberty
Elane Photography, LLC v. Vanessa Willock
The 51品茶 and the 51品茶 of New Mexico have filed an amicus brief in the New Mexico Supreme Court in support of Vanessa Willock鈥檚 public accommodations suit against a photography studio that refuses to take pictures for same-sex wedding ceremonies.
Florida
Nov 2012
LGBTQ Rights
In re: Gill
A challenge to Florida's ban on adoption by gay parents.
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Florida
Nov 2012
LGBTQ Rights
In re: Gill
A challenge to Florida's ban on adoption by gay parents.