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Aug 10, 2023
Supreme Court Amicus Brief Supports ADA Tester’s Legal Challenge to Hotel Inaccessibility
Civil Rights Organizations File Brief in Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Deborah Laufer Urging Supreme Court to Hold That Civil Rights Tester Has Standing to Sue Over Hotel’s Discrimination Against People with Disabilities
Issue Areas: Disability Rights
Court case: Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Deborah Laufer
Jul 26, 2023
Federal Court Blocks Implementation of Mississippi’s New Voting Law
JACKSON, Miss. — A federal court has granted a request by Disability Rights Mississippi, the League of Women Voters of Mississippi, and three Mississippi voters to block S.B. 235...
Issue Areas: Voting Rights Disability Rights
Jul 06, 2023
Lawsuit Challenges Unequal Response to Mental Health Emergencies in Washington, DC
WASHINGTON — Bread for the City, a D.C.-based nonprofit supporting underserved communities, filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the District of Columbia’s practice of sen...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform Disability Rights
Jun 30, 2023
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Responds to Supreme Court Ruling in 303 Creative, Inc. v. Elenis
Washington, D.C. – The Supreme Court this morning issued its ruling in 303 Creative v. Elenis. David Cole, Legal Director for the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, offered the foll...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights Women's Rights Racial Justice Disability Rights Free Speech Religious Liberty
Court case: 303 Creative, Inc. v. Elenis
Jun 15, 2023
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Client Released from Conservatorship, One of the First Under California’s New Law
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — A probate judge in Santa Cruz County has terminated the conservatorship of Marie Bergum, a California woman with an intellectual disability. Bergum, who is r...
Issue Areas: Disability Rights
Jun 08, 2023
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Hails Supreme Court Decision in Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski
WASHINGTON — In a major win for civil rights enforcement, the Supreme Court affirmed today in Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski the right of nursing ho...
Issue Areas: Disability Rights
Court case: Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski
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