Women's Rights
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132 Women's Rights Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2011
Women's Rights
Smart Justice
Doe v. Vermilion Parish School Board
On September 8, 2009, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Women's Rights Project and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Louisiana filed a lawsuit in a federal district court in Louisiana challenging the Vermilion Parish School District’s illegal sex segregation policy. The lawsuit charged that mandatory sex segregation in public schools violated Title IX of the Education Amendments, the Equal Education Opportunities Act and the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a parent whose two children were placed in sex segregated classrooms without being offered equal coeducational options as required by law.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2011
Women's Rights
Smart Justice
Doe v. Vermilion Parish School Board
On September 8, 2009, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Women's Rights Project and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Louisiana filed a lawsuit in a federal district court in Louisiana challenging the Vermilion Parish School District’s illegal sex segregation policy. The lawsuit charged that mandatory sex segregation in public schools violated Title IX of the Education Amendments, the Equal Education Opportunities Act and the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a parent whose two children were placed in sex segregated classrooms without being offered equal coeducational options as required by law.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2011
Women's Rights
Wal-Mart v. Dukes
Whether this sex discrimination case against Wal-Mart should be allowed to proceed as a class action.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2011
Women's Rights
Wal-Mart v. Dukes
Whether this sex discrimination case against Wal-Mart should be allowed to proceed as a class action.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2011
Women's Rights
+2 Issues
Flores-Villar v. United States
Whether the government may constitutionally make it more difficult for citizen fathers than citizen mothers to transmit citizenship to their out-of-wedlock children born outside the U.S.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2011
Women's Rights
+2 Issues
Flores-Villar v. United States
Whether the government may constitutionally make it more difficult for citizen fathers than citizen mothers to transmit citizenship to their out-of-wedlock children born outside the U.S.
Montana
Apr 2011
Women's Rights
Reproductive Freedom
Cajúne v. Lake County
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Montana
Apr 2011
Women's Rights
Reproductive Freedom
Cajúne v. Lake County
Court Case
Mar 2011
Women's Rights
Reproductive Freedom
State of Indiana v. Bei Bei Shuai
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ filed an amicus brief arguing that the state of Indiana cannot unconstitutionally subject a woman to harsher criminal penalties because she is pregnant.
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Court Case
Mar 2011
Women's Rights
Reproductive Freedom
State of Indiana v. Bei Bei Shuai
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ filed an amicus brief arguing that the state of Indiana cannot unconstitutionally subject a woman to harsher criminal penalties because she is pregnant.