The plaintiff was an gay man who participated in a gay recreational softball league. Subsequently, he received criticism at his job as a welfare services coordinator for Clayton County, Georgia, for his sexual orientation and participating in the league. He had previously received positive professional evaluations.
Myra Bradwell petitioned to be admitted to the bar and to be allowed to practice law, but was denied by the Supreme Court of Illinois, see: In re Bradwell, 55 Ill. 535 (1870).
A Mississippi abortion clinic and one of its physicians challenged a Mississippi state law, called the Gestational Age Act (“GAA”), which made it illegal for women to obtain abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The plaintiffs sought a temporary restraining order to prevent the GAA’s enforcement during the trial, which was granted.
Belva A. Lockwood was a practicing attorney who was licensed in several states. Lockwood applied for admission to practice law in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, and was subsequently denied admission. VA. Code § 3192 (1887) indicated that attorneys licensed to practice law in other states were permitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Lockwood filed for leave to file a writ of mandamus, which would require the Court to admit her to practice law in accordance with the Virginia Code.
Mr. Jackson, a teacher and basketball coach, brought suit against the Birmingham Board of Education (“the Board”), alleging that the Board retaliated against him because he had complained about sex discrimination in the high school’s athletic program. Specifically, Mr. Jackson complained to his supervisors that the girls’ basketball team was not receiving equal funding and equal access to athletic equipment and facilities. After the Board terminated Mr. Jackson’s coaching duties, he filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
In Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, 597 U.S. 629 (2022), the defendant was previously found guilty of child neglect in an Oklahoma state court in 2015.
In light of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, which established the right to an abortion prior to fetal viability, the plaintiffs in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v.
In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, after a Texas woman challenged a state law that banned nearly all abortions except when necessary to save the mother’s life.
In the case United States v. Skrmetti, the United States Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law (SB1) that bans puberty blockers and hormone treatments for transgender minors. The plaintiffs argued that the law violates the Equal Protection Clause.
