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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2021
Immigrants' Rights
Innovation Law Lab v. Wolf
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Center for Gender & Refugee Studies filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s new policy forcing asylum seekers to return to Mexico and remain there while their cases are considered.
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8 Oregon Cases
Oregon
Oct 2020
LGBTQ Rights
Parents for Privacy v. Dallas School District No. 2
On February 20, 2018, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Oregon moved to intervene on behalf of Basic Rights Oregon (BRO) in a case about transgender students’ rights. BRO seeks to defend the Dallas School District’s practice of permitting a transgender boy to use the same restrooms and locker rooms as other boys. BRO has spent over 20 years advocating for legal protections for the LGBTQ community in Oregon, and has supported transgender students and families in Dallas and beyond.
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Oregon
Oct 2020
LGBTQ Rights
Parents for Privacy v. Dallas School District No. 2
On February 20, 2018, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Oregon moved to intervene on behalf of Basic Rights Oregon (BRO) in a case about transgender students’ rights. BRO seeks to defend the Dallas School District’s practice of permitting a transgender boy to use the same restrooms and locker rooms as other boys. BRO has spent over 20 years advocating for legal protections for the LGBTQ community in Oregon, and has supported transgender students and families in Dallas and beyond.
Oregon
Jun 2014
LGBTQ Rights
Rummell and West v. Kitzhaber - Freedom to Marry in Oregon
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Oregon, and volunteer counsel from the law firms of Johnson, Johnson & Schaller, PC and Perkins Coie, LLP in December 2013 filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Eugene on behalf of two same-sex couples who wished to marry in Oregon – Paul Rummell and Ben West, and Lisa Chickadonz and Christine Tanner – and Basic Rights Education Fund.
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Oregon
Jun 2014
LGBTQ Rights
Rummell and West v. Kitzhaber - Freedom to Marry in Oregon
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Oregon, and volunteer counsel from the law firms of Johnson, Johnson & Schaller, PC and Perkins Coie, LLP in December 2013 filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Eugene on behalf of two same-sex couples who wished to marry in Oregon – Paul Rummell and Ben West, and Lisa Chickadonz and Christine Tanner – and Basic Rights Education Fund.
U.S. Supreme Court
May 2014
Free Speech
Wood v. Moss
Whether plaintiffs are entitled to a trial on their claim of viewpoint discrimination based on detailed allegations that anti-Bush demonstrators were treated less favorably than pro-Bush demonstrators by the Secret Service during a 2004 presidential visit to Oregon.
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U.S. Supreme Court
May 2014
Free Speech
Wood v. Moss
Whether plaintiffs are entitled to a trial on their claim of viewpoint discrimination based on detailed allegations that anti-Bush demonstrators were treated less favorably than pro-Bush demonstrators by the Secret Service during a 2004 presidential visit to Oregon.