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
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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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Arkansas
Apr 2011
LGBTQ Rights
Cole v. Arkansas
VICTORY! On April 7, 2011, the Arkansas Supreme Court upheld a ruling striking down Act 1, a law prohibiting adoption by unmarried couples.
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Arkansas
Apr 2011
LGBTQ Rights
Cole v. Arkansas
VICTORY! On April 7, 2011, the Arkansas Supreme Court upheld a ruling striking down Act 1, a law prohibiting adoption by unmarried couples.
U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2011
LGBTQ Rights
Cooley v. Forrest County Sheriff鈥檚 Department
Andre Cooley, a corrections officer for juvenile detainees at the Sheriff's Department in Forrest County, Mississippi, was fired when his supervisors discovered that he was gay.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2011
LGBTQ Rights
Cooley v. Forrest County Sheriff鈥檚 Department
Andre Cooley, a corrections officer for juvenile detainees at the Sheriff's Department in Forrest County, Mississippi, was fired when his supervisors discovered that he was gay.
Court Case
Nov 2010
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Collins v. United States - Class Action for Military Separation Pay
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Court Case
Nov 2010
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Collins v. United States - Class Action for Military Separation Pay
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Mississippi
Nov 2010
LGBTQ Rights
McMillen v. Itawamba County School District
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Mississippi
Nov 2010
LGBTQ Rights
McMillen v. Itawamba County School District
Tennessee
Jun 2010
LGBTQ Rights
Chandler v. Barker
An appeal of the imposition of a "paramour" restriction on the custody rights of a mother in a lesbian relationship in Tennessee.
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Tennessee
Jun 2010
LGBTQ Rights
Chandler v. Barker
An appeal of the imposition of a "paramour" restriction on the custody rights of a mother in a lesbian relationship in Tennessee.