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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’s order to state universities to deactivate the student group. This order threatens the students’ constitutionally-protected right to free speech and association in violation of the First Amendment. The ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ 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
Sep 2023

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Molina v. Book
Whether police officers violated clearly established First Amendment rights when they tear-gassed plaintiffs for serving as legal observers in a public protest.
U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2023

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O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed
The ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ, the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ of Northern California, and the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ of Southern California filed amicus briefs in support of everyday people fighting for government transparency and accountability in two cases set for review by the U.S. Supreme Court this Term: O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2021

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Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.
On September 25, 2017, the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ-PA filed suit on behalf of B.L., a high school sophomore who has been cheerleading since she was in fifth grade and was expelled from the team as punishment for out-of-school speech.
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Sep 2014
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Women's Rights
University of Utah v. Ambry Genetics
On July 9, 2013, Myriad Genetics, along with the University of Utah Research Foundation, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, HSC Research and Development Limited Partnership, and Endorecherche, Inc. filed lawsuits against Ambry Genetics and Gene by Gene, two laboratories that began or have proposed to begin offering genetic testing of the BRCA 1 and 2 genes.
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Sep 2014

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Women's Rights
University of Utah v. Ambry Genetics
On July 9, 2013, Myriad Genetics, along with the University of Utah Research Foundation, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, HSC Research and Development Limited Partnership, and Endorecherche, Inc. filed lawsuits against Ambry Genetics and Gene by Gene, two laboratories that began or have proposed to begin offering genetic testing of the BRCA 1 and 2 genes.

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Sep 2014
Free Speech
Antigone Books v. Horne - Challenge to Arizona's Nude Photo Law
An Arizona law passed during the state's 2014 legislative session criminalizes the display, publication, and sale of images fully protected by the First Amendment. On September 23, 2014, the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ, the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ of Arizona, and Dentons U.S. LLP filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the law.
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Sep 2014

Free Speech
Antigone Books v. Horne - Challenge to Arizona's Nude Photo Law
An Arizona law passed during the state's 2014 legislative session criminalizes the display, publication, and sale of images fully protected by the First Amendment. On September 23, 2014, the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ, the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ of Arizona, and Dentons U.S. LLP filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the law.

U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2014
Free Speech
Elonis v. United States
Whether the government is required to prove that someone prosecuted for making threatening statements intended his words to be taken as a threat.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2014

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Elonis v. United States
Whether the government is required to prove that someone prosecuted for making threatening statements intended his words to be taken as a threat.

U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014
Free Speech
Reproductive Freedom
McCullen v. Coakley
Whether a Massachusetts law creating a 35-foot buffer zone outside abortion clinics is constitutional on its face and as applied to three specific clinics in the state.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014

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Reproductive Freedom
McCullen v. Coakley
Whether a Massachusetts law creating a 35-foot buffer zone outside abortion clinics is constitutional on its face and as applied to three specific clinics in the state.

U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014
Free Speech
Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus
Whether a First Amendment challenge to an Ohio law prohibiting "false statements" about a political candidate "during the course of a campaign" was properly dismissed when the objecting candidate withdrew his administrative complaint after losing the election.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014

Free Speech
Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus
Whether a First Amendment challenge to an Ohio law prohibiting "false statements" about a political candidate "during the course of a campaign" was properly dismissed when the objecting candidate withdrew his administrative complaint after losing the election.