Michigan
O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Northern California, and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ 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.
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2020
LGBTQ Rights
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’s 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’s employer engaged in unlawful sex discrimination when it fired her because she’s transgender. We represented Aimee Stephens in front of the U.S. Supreme Court — and won.
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Michigan
Feb 2022
LGBTQ Rights
Dumont v. Gordon
Attorneys for the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Michigan filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court to challenge the state’s practice of permitting state-funded child placement agencies to use religious criteria to turn away lesbian and gay prospective foster and adoptive parents. The legislature passed a law in 2015 with the purpose of codifying that practice.
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Michigan
Feb 2022
LGBTQ Rights
Dumont v. Gordon
Attorneys for the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Michigan filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court to challenge the state’s practice of permitting state-funded child placement agencies to use religious criteria to turn away lesbian and gay prospective foster and adoptive parents. The legislature passed a law in 2015 with the purpose of codifying that practice.
Michigan
Jan 2021
LGBTQ Rights
Reynolds v. Talberg
On March 12, 2018, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Michigan moved to intervene on the behalf of Stand with Trans and the Williamston High School Gay-Straight Alliance. Stand with Trans is a non-profit organization in Michigan with support groups around the state serving and empowering the families of transgender youth. The Williamston GSA is a student-led organization for LGBT students and allies at Williamston High School. Both organizations are committed to ensuring LGBT students have safe, non-discriminatory environments in which to go to school.
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Michigan
Jan 2021
LGBTQ Rights
Reynolds v. Talberg
On March 12, 2018, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Michigan moved to intervene on the behalf of Stand with Trans and the Williamston High School Gay-Straight Alliance. Stand with Trans is a non-profit organization in Michigan with support groups around the state serving and empowering the families of transgender youth. The Williamston GSA is a student-led organization for LGBT students and allies at Williamston High School. Both organizations are committed to ensuring LGBT students have safe, non-discriminatory environments in which to go to school.
Michigan
Aug 2020
LGBTQ Rights
The People of State of Michigan v. Deonton Autez Rogers
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Michigan
Aug 2020
LGBTQ Rights
The People of State of Michigan v. Deonton Autez Rogers
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2020
LGBTQ Rights
LGBTQ Discrimination Cases at the Supreme Court
In Bostock v. Clayton County, the Supreme Court ruled that anti-LGBTQ discrimination violates the federal law against discrimination in the workplace.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2020
LGBTQ Rights
LGBTQ Discrimination Cases at the Supreme Court
In Bostock v. Clayton County, the Supreme Court ruled that anti-LGBTQ discrimination violates the federal law against discrimination in the workplace.
Michigan
Feb 2020
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Criminal Law Reform
Hightower v. City of Grand Rapids
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Michigan and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ's Criminal Law Reform Project filed a federal lawsuit in May of 2013, on behalf of Plaintiffs Gilbert Weber and Tyrone Hightower, challenging the Grand Rapids Police Department's longstanding practice of arresting innocent people for criminal trespass on commercial property without warning and without the business owner's knowledge. Even where those arrested are patronizing the business in question, police justify these illegal arrests by pointing to form letters signed by business owners months or years prior to the arrest agreeing to prosecute "trespassers."
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Michigan
Feb 2020
Smart Justice
Criminal Law Reform
Hightower v. City of Grand Rapids
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Michigan and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ's Criminal Law Reform Project filed a federal lawsuit in May of 2013, on behalf of Plaintiffs Gilbert Weber and Tyrone Hightower, challenging the Grand Rapids Police Department's longstanding practice of arresting innocent people for criminal trespass on commercial property without warning and without the business owner's knowledge. Even where those arrested are patronizing the business in question, police justify these illegal arrests by pointing to form letters signed by business owners months or years prior to the arrest agreeing to prosecute "trespassers."