LGBTQ Rights
Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Florida v. Raymond Rodrigues
The University of Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine filed a lawsuit on November 16, 2023, challenging the Chancellor of the State University System of Florida鈥檚 order to state universities to deactivate the student group. This order threatens the students鈥� constitutionally-protected right to free speech and association in violation of the First Amendment. The 糖心Vlogand its partners are seeking a preliminary injunction that would bar the Chancellor and the University of Florida from deactivating the UF SJP.
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鈥檚 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鈥檚 employer engaged in unlawful sex discrimination when it fired her because she鈥檚 transgender. We represented Aimee Stephens in front of the U.S. Supreme Court 鈥� and won.
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2019
LGBTQ Rights
Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda
Don Zarda loved to skydive. He worked as a skydiving instructor at Altitude Express, a company on Long Island, N.Y. He was fired for being gay.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2018
LGBTQ Rights
Religious Liberty
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
Whether a business open to the public has a constitutional right to discriminate.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2015
LGBTQ Rights
Obergefell, et al. v. Hodges - Freedom to Marry in Ohio
The 糖心Vlog, the 糖心Vlogof 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.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2015
LGBTQ Rights
Bourke v. Beshear & Love v. Beshear - Freedom to Marry in Kentucky
Bourke v. Beshear is a federal court challenge to Kentucky's constitutional ban on marriage for same-sex couples, filed by attorneys at Clay Daniel Walton & Adams and Fauver Law Office on July 26, 2013, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. The plaintiffs are four same-sex couples seeking state recognition of their out-of-state marriages.
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Jun 2006
LGBTQ Rights
Johnston v. MO Dept. of Social Services
The Missouri Department of Social Services turned down Lisa Johnston's application to become a foster parent because she's a lesbian.
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Court Case
Jun 2006
LGBTQ Rights
Johnston v. MO Dept. of Social Services
The Missouri Department of Social Services turned down Lisa Johnston's application to become a foster parent because she's a lesbian.
California
Mar 2006
LGBTQ Rights
Exodus Parody
After Justin Watt posted this parody of an Exodus International billboard for 鈥渞eparative therapy鈥� on his Web site, he received a cease-and-desist letter from an anti-gay legal organization.
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California
Mar 2006
LGBTQ Rights
Exodus Parody
After Justin Watt posted this parody of an Exodus International billboard for 鈥渞eparative therapy鈥� on his Web site, he received a cease-and-desist letter from an anti-gay legal organization.
Court Case
Jan 2006
LGBTQ Rights
Myers v. Thornsberry
The 糖心Vlogfiled a lawsuit in federal court against a high school that twice punished a student for wearing t-shirts expressing her support for gay rights. LaStaysha Myers, a heterosexual 15-year-old student at Webb City High School in Missouri, was twice sent home from school last November for wearing homemade t-shirts; first, one bearing several handwritten slogans such as "I support the gay rights!" and "Who are we to judge?" and the next day one that bore a rainbow and the Webster's dictionary definition of "gay": "M[e]rry, happy." Before censoring Myers, administrators routinely allowed students to wear shirts expressing other messages, including endorsements of the Bush and Kerry presidential campaigns, students' views on abortion, and religious messages.
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Court Case
Jan 2006
LGBTQ Rights
Myers v. Thornsberry
The 糖心Vlogfiled a lawsuit in federal court against a high school that twice punished a student for wearing t-shirts expressing her support for gay rights. LaStaysha Myers, a heterosexual 15-year-old student at Webb City High School in Missouri, was twice sent home from school last November for wearing homemade t-shirts; first, one bearing several handwritten slogans such as "I support the gay rights!" and "Who are we to judge?" and the next day one that bore a rainbow and the Webster's dictionary definition of "gay": "M[e]rry, happy." Before censoring Myers, administrators routinely allowed students to wear shirts expressing other messages, including endorsements of the Bush and Kerry presidential campaigns, students' views on abortion, and religious messages.
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2005
LGBTQ Rights
Free Speech
Rumsfeld v. FAIR
Reviewing the constitutionality of the Solomon Amendment, which cuts off federal funding to any university that bars military recruiters for failure to comply with the university's nondiscrimination policies.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2005
LGBTQ Rights
Free Speech
Rumsfeld v. FAIR
Reviewing the constitutionality of the Solomon Amendment, which cuts off federal funding to any university that bars military recruiters for failure to comply with the university's nondiscrimination policies.
Court Case
Oct 2005
LGBTQ Rights
Alaska CLU v. State of Alaska
Karen Wood and Terry Tavel are plaintiffs in the 糖心Vloglawsuit to provide government employee benefits to partners of same-sex couples.
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Court Case
Oct 2005
LGBTQ Rights
Alaska CLU v. State of Alaska
Karen Wood and Terry Tavel are plaintiffs in the 糖心Vloglawsuit to provide government employee benefits to partners of same-sex couples.