Ohio
Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region et al., v. Ohio Department of Health, et al.
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Ohio, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the law firm WilmerHale, and Fanon Rucker of the Cochran Law Firm, on behalf of Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region, Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, Preterm-Cleveland, Women’s Med Group Professional Corporation, Dr. Sharon Liner, and Julia Quinn, MSN, BSN, amended a complaint in an existing lawsuit against a ban on telehealth medication abortion services to bring new claims under the Ohio Reproductive Freedom Amendment, including additional challenges to other laws in Ohio that restrict access to medication abortion in the state.
Status: Ongoing
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Jun 2015
Obergefell, et al. v. Hodges - Freedom to Marry in Ohio
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Ohio and Alphonse Gerhardstein of Gerhardstein & Branch have filed suit on behalf of Jim Obergefell and David Michener, two widowers, and Robert Grunn, a funeral director, in a challenge to the Ohio constitutional and statutory marriage recognition bans.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Ohio
Feb 2018
Preterm Cleveland v. Himes
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Ohio filed a lawsuit to challenge an Ohio law criminalizing abortions when one of the woman’s reasons for the abortion is a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome. Plaintiffs argue the law imposes an unconstitutional burden on patients seeking abortion and intrudes into the personal health decisions of women and families.
Status: Ongoing
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Ohio
Reproductive Freedom
Preterm Cleveland v. Himes
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Ohio filed a lawsuit to challenge an Ohio law criminalizing abortions when one of the woman’s reasons for the abortion is a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome. Plaintiffs argue the law imposes an unconstitutional burden on patients seeking abortion and intrudes into the personal health decisions of women and families.
Feb 2018
Status: Ongoing
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Ohio
Jun 2017
J.P. Morgan Chase EEOC Complaint
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Ohio and the employment law firm Outten & Golden LLP today filed a discrimination charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a J.P. Morgan Chase (J.P. Morgan) employee who claims the company discriminated against him and other fathers by denying fathers paid parental leave on the same terms as mothers.
Status: Ongoing
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Ohio
Women's Rights
J.P. Morgan Chase EEOC Complaint
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Ohio and the employment law firm Outten & Golden LLP today filed a discrimination charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a J.P. Morgan Chase (J.P. Morgan) employee who claims the company discriminated against him and other fathers by denying fathers paid parental leave on the same terms as mothers.
Jun 2017
Status: Ongoing
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Ohio
Apr 2015
NAACP v. Husted
Ohio voters will gain greater access to the ballot in a settlement announced April 17, 2015 by the American Civil Liberties Union. The agreement with Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted stems from a federal lawsuit, NAACP v. Husted, which challenged Ohio’s attempt to slash early voting opportunities.
Status: Closed (Settled)
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Ohio
Voting Rights
NAACP v. Husted
Ohio voters will gain greater access to the ballot in a settlement announced April 17, 2015 by the American Civil Liberties Union. The agreement with Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted stems from a federal lawsuit, NAACP v. Husted, which challenged Ohio’s attempt to slash early voting opportunities.
Apr 2015
Status: Closed (Settled)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014
Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus
Whether a First Amendment challenge to an Ohio law prohibiting “false statements” about a political candidate “during the course of a campaign” was properly dismissed when the objecting candidate withdrew his administrative complaint after losing the election.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Free Speech
Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus
Whether a First Amendment challenge to an Ohio law prohibiting “false statements” about a political candidate “during the course of a campaign” was properly dismissed when the objecting candidate withdrew his administrative complaint after losing the election.
Jun 2014
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Ohio
Oct 2013
Jennifer Maudlin v. Inside Out, Inc., et al
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Ohio filed a lawsuit on behalf of Springfield, OH resident Jennifer Maudlin, a single mother of two, against Inside Out, a religiously-based community organization.
Status: Ongoing
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Ohio
Reproductive Freedom
Women's Rights
Jennifer Maudlin v. Inside Out, Inc., et al
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Ohio filed a lawsuit on behalf of Springfield, OH resident Jennifer Maudlin, a single mother of two, against Inside Out, a religiously-based community organization.
Oct 2013
Status: Ongoing
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