Women's Rights
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132 Women's Rights Cases

Court Case
Aug 2009
Women's Rights
+2 Issues
KC v Nedelkoff
On June 12, 2008 the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ filed a class action lawsuit challenging inhumane practices - punitive solitary confinement, routine strip searches, and other forms of abuse - at the Brownwood State School, a youth prison in central Texas.
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Court Case
Aug 2009

Women's Rights
+2 Issues
KC v Nedelkoff
On June 12, 2008 the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ filed a class action lawsuit challenging inhumane practices - punitive solitary confinement, routine strip searches, and other forms of abuse - at the Brownwood State School, a youth prison in central Texas.

U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2009
Women's Rights
+2 Issues
Ricci v. DeStefano
Whether a public employer may lawfully refuse to certify the results of a promotional exam when it has a strong basis in evidence to believe that the test violates Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act because of its discriminatory impact on minorities or women. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2009

Women's Rights
+2 Issues
Ricci v. DeStefano
Whether a public employer may lawfully refuse to certify the results of a promotional exam when it has a strong basis in evidence to believe that the test violates Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act because of its discriminatory impact on minorities or women. DECIDED

Court Case
Jun 2009
Women's Rights
Boswell v. GumBayTay, et al.
WRP filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a tenant who was sexually harassed by her housing manager.
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Court Case
Jun 2009

Women's Rights
Boswell v. GumBayTay, et al.
WRP filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a tenant who was sexually harassed by her housing manager.

U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2009
Women's Rights
+4 Issues
District Attorney's Office v. Osborne
Whether it violates due process to imprison someone who is actually innocent, and whether an inmate has a post-conviction right to obtain DNA evidence in the government's possession that could establish his innocence with total certainty. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2009

Women's Rights
+4 Issues
District Attorney's Office v. Osborne
Whether it violates due process to imprison someone who is actually innocent, and whether an inmate has a post-conviction right to obtain DNA evidence in the government's possession that could establish his innocence with total certainty. DECIDED

U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2008
Women's Rights
+4 Issues
Vermont v. Brillon
Whether delays caused by systemic deficiencies in a state's indigent defense system can ever be charged against the state in deciding whether a criminal defendant has been denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2008

Women's Rights
+4 Issues
Vermont v. Brillon
Whether delays caused by systemic deficiencies in a state's indigent defense system can ever be charged against the state in deciding whether a criminal defendant has been denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial. DECIDED