United States

Two former employees of the defendant were subjected to repeated instances of sexual harassment by the clinic’s patients. The employees alleged that they complained to the defendant about the conduct, but he failed to take any corrective action. They filed suit in the Clark County Court of Common Pleas alleging sexual harassment. The court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant, holding that Ohio law did not recognize such a claim based on the conduct of non-employees. In Anania v. Daubenspeck Chiropractic, 129 Ohio App.

Father and Mother were divorced in 2003 and were granted joint custody of their son, Z.  In January 2008, Mother sought an order of protection against Father covering her house, her mother’s house, and Z’s school, claiming that Father, a police officer, had committed domestic violence against her, and had intimidated Z to a point where he left a suicide note.  After an evidentiary hearing, the family court found sufficient evidence to support an order protecting Mother.  The court found, however, evidence was insufficient to cover Z in the order, and thus removed Z’s school f

The plaintiff was the co-manager of a Save-A-Lot grocery store in Memphis, where her immediate supervisor sexually harassed her daily and threatened to kill her if she reported the harassment. She reported him and transferred to another store, but suffered post-traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”) and other psychological problems for which she sought medical treatment.

In Anderson v. S.D. Ret. Sys., 2019 S.D. 11, 924 N.W.2d 146, the plaintiff sought survivor spouse benefits from the South Dakota Retirement System after the death of her wife, a long term partner, who had been a member of the system. The wife retired in 2012, when same-sex marriage was not legally recognized in South Dakota. Following the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015, the couple legally married.

In Anonymous v. Anonymous, 469 So. 2d 588 (Ala. 1985), the Supreme Court of Alabama addressed whether parents could obtain court authorization to sterilize their minor daughter, who was fourteen years old and had significant intellectual disabilities. The parents argued that sterilization was necessary to prevent pregnancy, which they believed would endanger her health and well-being.

The Human Rights Law is New York’s primary civil-rights statute. It bars discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, credit, and education on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, pregnancy-related conditions, and other protected traits. The statute also recognizes sexual harassment as unlawful sex discrimination. These provisions form the foundation of gender-equality protections throughout the state.

The plaintiff-appellants, three female dining services department employees, sued Oberlin College, the defendant alleging that they suffered various acts of sexual harassment at the hands of the executive chef of the private contractor, Bon Appetit, that operated the dining facilities.

Plaintiff was a transgender woman from Mexico who was subjected to sexual assault and rape by Mexican police and military throughout her life. In 2006, she was arrested in America for driving under the influence. In 2007 she was deported to Mexico. After suffering more mistreatment in Mexico, Avendano-Hernandez returned to the U.S. and appealed for asylum under the United Nations Convention Against Torture.

The respondents were an obstetrician/gynecologist and three reproductive health service clinics. They challenged a New Hampshire  law that required minors to get parental consent before procuring an abortion on the grounds that the law did not provide an emergency health exception despite subjecting minors to significant health risks. The law only outlined an exception for the purpose of saving a minor’s life.

T.L.R. was an eighth-grader at the Texas School for the Deaf and was dating B.C., also an eighth-grader at the School. After about two months of dating, B.C. approached T.L.R. and told her he wanted to have sex with her; she responded “no” twice and tried to get away from him by entering the girls’ restroom. B.C. followed her into the restroom. T.L.R. told him “I don’t want this” but B.C. took her clothes off, took his clothes off, told her to lie down on the floor, and penetrated her. T.L.R.’s father sought and obtained a protective order against B.C. on behalf of his daughter. B.C.