Cases / Briefs

March 24, 2022 Anti-Bullying, Gender & Sexual Violence, Students' Civil Rights Project Cases / Briefs

Shelby v. Huntsville City Board of Education

This federal civil rights case involves the tragic death of Nigel Shelby, a Black, openly gay freshman at Alabama’s Huntsville High School who died by suicide at age 15 after experiencing unchecked LGBTQ+ harassment and race discrimination at school. Nigel never felt safe at Huntsville…

March 15, 2022 Students' Civil Rights Project Cases / Briefs

Doe v. University of the Sciences

This appeal arose out of a male student’s Title IX claim that the University of the Sciences had unfairly disciplined him for sexually assaulting classmates. John Doe claimed that the University’s investigatory procedures violated state law and that the University was motivated by anti-male bias….

March 15, 2022 Students' Civil Rights Project Cases / Briefs

Brown v. State of Arizona

This is an appeal concerning the scope of schools’ responsibilities to address gender violence that occurs between students off campus. Mackenzie Brown, a student at the University of Arizona, was viciously abused by her classmate Orlando Bradford, a football player. The violence was preventable: By…

March 4, 2022 Students' Civil Rights Project Cases / Briefs

Doe v. North Penn School District

This is a civil rights lawsuit against North Penn School District, located in a Philadelphia suburb, for causing a female student, Jane Doe, to suffer repeated sexual assaults by a male classmate with a known history of sexual predation. The male classmate, MP, first began…

February 25, 2022 Gender & Sexual Violence, Students' Civil Rights Project Cases / Briefs

Hall v. Millersville University

Public Justice and the Women’s Law Project, joined by 29 other organizations, filed an amici brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in support of the plaintiffs in this Title IX dating violence case. The lawsuit, filed by representatives of the…

February 15, 2022 Court Secrecy Cases / Briefs

General Motors LLC v. Buchanan

Public Justice recently filed an amicus brief in General Motors LLC v. Buchanan before the Georgia Supreme Court on the question of whether the court should adopt an “apex doctrine,” which places a heightened burden on a party who seeks to depose any high-ranking corporate…

January 28, 2022 Students' Civil Rights Project Cases / Briefs

Doe v. Crestwood School District

This was an administrative complaint brought by a parent of Child Doe, a gender non-conforming student. Child Doe, an elementary school student in Crestwood School District, was subjected to unremedied harassment and discriminatory discipline on the basis of their gender identity and expression. Child Doe’s…

January 20, 2022 Access to Justice Cases / Briefs

Thompson v. Polaris, Inc.

Public Justice is pleased to report an amicus victory in Thompson v. Polaris Inc., a Minnesota Supreme Court case decided in December 2021. Polaris, a leading manufacturer of outdoor powersports vehicles, attempted to conceal a safety audit report—relevant evidence in the case—by claiming attorney-client privilege….

November 30, 2021 Access to Justice Cases / Briefs

Morgan v. Sundance, Inc.

Public Justice is co-counsel in Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., an overtime and wage theft case on behalf of former Taco Bell employee Robyn Morgan against Sundance Inc., a company that owns more than 150 Taco Bell franchises throughout the country. Co-Director of the Access to Justice...

September 9, 2021 Access to Justice Cases / Briefs

Glover v. Bausch & Lomb

This appeal raises questions regarding the scope of federal preemption of state tort law claims based on injuries caused by a medical device—an issue at the core of our Access to Justice work. The question is whether the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act expressly or…