Supreme Court Term 2023-2024
We鈥檙e breaking down the cases we've asked the court to consider this term.
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Georgia
Nov 2024
Voting Rights
Ayota v. Fall
On October 31, 2024, just five days before the November 5 General Election, Cobb County announced that it had failed to send more than 3,000 absentee ballots to Cobb County voters who had timely requested them. Many of these voters are at school hundreds of miles away or have disabilities that make it all but impossible to vote in person. The 老澳门开奖结果 and co-counsel sued on behalf of affected voters to ensure that they would not be disenfranchised because of the County's administrative error.
U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2024
Voting Rights
Republican National Committee v. Genser
Voters in Butler County, Pennsylvania made a mistake in voting their mail ballots in the April 2024 primary election, forgetting to use the required secrecy envelope. Because their mail ballots could not be counted, they went to the polls in Election Day and voted provisional ballots. The County later determined that it would not count their provisional ballots, and the voter鈥檚 appealed, arguing that Pennsylvania law requires that when an eligible voter attempts to vote by mail but the mail ballot is rendered void due to some defect like lacking a secrecy envelope, the eligible voter may cast a provisional ballot and have that ballot counted notwithstanding the failed attempt to vote by mail.
Georgia
Oct 2024
Voting Rights
Eternal Vigilance Action, Inc. v. Georgia
The 老澳门开奖结果 and partner organizations have sought to intervene in this case to represent the rights of voters and voting-rights organizations in a case challenging a number of rules passed by the Georgia State Election Board. We challenge a rule that requires that the number of votes cast be hand counted at the polling place prior to the tabulation of votes. This rule risks delay and spoliation of ballots, putting in danger voters鈥� rights to have their votes count.
Texas
Oct 2024
Voting Rights
OCA-Greater Houston v. Paxton
Texas has growing Hispanic and Black populations that helped propel record voter turnout in the November 2020 election. The Texas Legislature responded to this increased civic participation with an omnibus election bill titled Senate Bill 1鈥擲B 1 for short鈥攖hat targeted election practices that made voting more accessible to traditionally marginalized voters like voters of color, voters with disabilities, and voters with limited English proficiency. Since 2021, SB 1 has resulted in tens of thousands of lawful votes being rejected, and it remains a threat to democracy in Texas.
Michigan
Sep 2024
Voting Rights
老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan v. Froman
Michigan requires boards of county canvassers to certify the results of an election within 14 days after the election based on the total number of votes reported from each location. The law doesn't allow them to withhold certification. Kalamazoo Board of County Canvassers member, Robert Froman, has made clear that he would decline to certify the November 2024 election under certain circumstances. This lawsuit asks the state's courts to make clear that Mr. Froman is duty bound to certify the election based on the number of votes reported.
Ohio
Sep 2024
Reproductive Freedom
Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region et al., v. Ohio Department of Health, et al.
The 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 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鈥檚 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.
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2024
Voting Rights
Callais v. Landry
Whether the congressional map Louisiana adopted to cure a Voting Rights Act violation in Robinson v. Ardoin is itself unlawful as a gerrymander.
Ohio
Jul 2024
Voting Rights
League of Women Voters of Ohio v. LaRose
In Ohio, HB 458 makes it a felony for any person who is not an election official or mail carrier to return an absentee voter's ballot鈥攊ncluding voters with disabilities鈥攗nless the person assisting falls within an unduly narrow list of relatives. We are challenging the law because it violates Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) by making it exceedingly difficult for voters with disabilities to cast their ballots.
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2024
Reproductive Freedom
Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States
Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court by Idaho politicians seeking to disregard a federal statute 鈥� the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) 鈥� and put doctors in jail for providing pregnant patients necessary emergency medical care. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on this case on April 24, 2024. The Court鈥檚 ultimate decision will impact access to this essential care across the country.
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Sep 2020
Immigrants' Rights
National Security
Wilwal v. Nielsen 鈥� Lawsuit Challenging Abusive Border Detention of American Family
In June 2017, the 老澳门开奖结果 filed a lawsuit on behalf of a family of U.S. citizens 鈥� including four young children 鈥� who were detained for over 10 hours at the U.S.-Canada border while coming home from a trip to visit relatives. Our clients obtained a settlement reinforcing that rights exist at the border, and also that CBP must be held accountable for violating those rights.
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Sep 2020
Immigrants' Rights
National Security
Wilwal v. Nielsen 鈥� Lawsuit Challenging Abusive Border Detention of American Family
In June 2017, the 老澳门开奖结果 filed a lawsuit on behalf of a family of U.S. citizens 鈥� including four young children 鈥� who were detained for over 10 hours at the U.S.-Canada border while coming home from a trip to visit relatives. Our clients obtained a settlement reinforcing that rights exist at the border, and also that CBP must be held accountable for violating those rights.
Montana
Sep 2020
Voting Rights
Western Native Voice v. Stapleton
The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of Montana, and Native American Rights Fund challenged a Montana law that severely restricted Native Americans鈥� access to the ballot. In September 2020, the court issued its ruled for plaintiffs, finding that they presented 鈥渃old, hard data鈥� about the law's impact on Native Americans, and how its costs were 鈥渟imply too high and too burdensome to remain the law of the State of Montana.鈥�
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Montana
Sep 2020
Voting Rights
Western Native Voice v. Stapleton
The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of Montana, and Native American Rights Fund challenged a Montana law that severely restricted Native Americans鈥� access to the ballot. In September 2020, the court issued its ruled for plaintiffs, finding that they presented 鈥渃old, hard data鈥� about the law's impact on Native Americans, and how its costs were 鈥渟imply too high and too burdensome to remain the law of the State of Montana.鈥�
Ohio
Sep 2020
Women's Rights
Somai v. City of Bedford, OH
On April 18, 2019, WRP filed an amended complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, challenging a criminal activity nuisance ordinance in Bedford, Ohio, on behalf of Beverly Somai and the Fair Housing Center for Rights & Research. Bedford鈥檚 nuisance ordinance penalizes property owners when two or more perceived violations of any law, excluding traffic violations, occur near the home or involve a resident of the property within a one-year period. The city enforces the ordinance based on calls for police assistance 鈥� even if the resident is the victim of the crime or needs aid, such as Ms. Somai and her son. Bedford鈥檚 ordinance and its enforcement disproportionately impacts communities of color, low-income households, people with disabilities, and domestic violence survivors鈥攖he vast majority of whom are women.
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Ohio
Sep 2020
Women's Rights
Somai v. City of Bedford, OH
On April 18, 2019, WRP filed an amended complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, challenging a criminal activity nuisance ordinance in Bedford, Ohio, on behalf of Beverly Somai and the Fair Housing Center for Rights & Research. Bedford鈥檚 nuisance ordinance penalizes property owners when two or more perceived violations of any law, excluding traffic violations, occur near the home or involve a resident of the property within a one-year period. The city enforces the ordinance based on calls for police assistance 鈥� even if the resident is the victim of the crime or needs aid, such as Ms. Somai and her son. Bedford鈥檚 ordinance and its enforcement disproportionately impacts communities of color, low-income households, people with disabilities, and domestic violence survivors鈥攖he vast majority of whom are women.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Sep 2020
Voting Rights
Oppenheim v. Watson
The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of Mississippi, and Mississippi Center for Justice filed a lawsuit on August 11, 2020, seeking to ensure that absentee voting is more accessible to Mississippians during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Mississippi Supreme Court
Sep 2020
Voting Rights
Oppenheim v. Watson
The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of Mississippi, and Mississippi Center for Justice filed a lawsuit on August 11, 2020, seeking to ensure that absentee voting is more accessible to Mississippians during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sep 2020
Voting Rights
Racial Justice
NAACP Minnesota-Dakotas Area State Conference v. Simon
The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of Minnesota, and Faegre Drinker LLP are suing Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon seeking to make voting safer in Minnesota in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sep 2020
Voting Rights
Racial Justice
NAACP Minnesota-Dakotas Area State Conference v. Simon
The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of Minnesota, and Faegre Drinker LLP are suing Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon seeking to make voting safer in Minnesota in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.