Arkansas
NAACP v. Arkansas Board of Apportionment
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NAACP v. Arkansas Board of Apportionment
Voting Rights
Status: Ongoing
This case has two key parts: First, the Arkansas House district map diminishes the voting power of Black voters. Second, both the district court and Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals radically concluded that voters may not sue to protect their voting rights under Section 2, putting the VRA in further jeopardy and contradicting decades of precedent in which impacted voters — particularly Black voters — have challenged racially discriminatory voting laws.
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14 Arkansas Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2015
Holt v. Hobbs
Whether Arkansas prison officials violated a federal law designed to protect the religious rights of prisoners when they denied petitioner an exemption to grow a one-half inch beard in compliance with his religious beliefs.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Religious Liberty
Holt v. Hobbs
Whether Arkansas prison officials violated a federal law designed to protect the religious rights of prisoners when they denied petitioner an exemption to grow a one-half inch beard in compliance with his religious beliefs.
Jan 2015
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Arkansas
Sep 2014
Dawson v. H & H Electric, Inc.
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Arkansas, and co-counsel John Burnett have filed a lawsuit on behalf of Patricia Dawson against her former employer, H & H Electric, for firing her after she transitioned from male to female on the job.
Status: Closed (Settled)
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Arkansas
LGBTQ Rights
Dawson v. H & H Electric, Inc.
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Arkansas, and co-counsel John Burnett have filed a lawsuit on behalf of Patricia Dawson against her former employer, H & H Electric, for firing her after she transitioned from male to female on the job.
Sep 2014
Status: Closed (Settled)
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Arkansas
Apr 2011
Cole v. Arkansas
VICTORY! On April 7, 2011, the Arkansas Supreme Court upheld a ruling striking down Act 1, a law prohibiting adoption by unmarried couples.
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Arkansas
LGBTQ Rights
Cole v. Arkansas
VICTORY! On April 7, 2011, the Arkansas Supreme Court upheld a ruling striking down Act 1, a law prohibiting adoption by unmarried couples.
Apr 2011
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2009
Nelson v. Norris
The case of an Arkansas woman who was shackled to her hospital bed while in labor in 2003.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Smart Justice
+3 Issues
Nelson v. Norris
The case of an Arkansas woman who was shackled to her hospital bed while in labor in 2003.
Nov 2009
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