Public Justice filed a federal lawsuit charging that Florida Gulf Coast University retaliated against and defamed a successful female coach because she spoke up about gender inequities in the school’s athletic programs. The lawsuit filed on behalf of former FGCU head women’s volleyball coach Jaye…
Public Justice joined the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the National Women’s Law Center in an amici brief arguing for reversal of an appellate court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s equal protection claim on the basis that it was precluded by Title IX, the federal…
Title IX sex discrimination lawsuit against Indiana University of Pennsylvania after the school eliminated funding for and refused to reinstate its women’s field hockey and gymnastics teams. We filed a Title IX sex discrimination lawsuit against Indiana University of Pennsylvania after the school eliminated funding…
Lawsuit against former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos for ordering the murders of anti-Marcos union activists Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes in Seattle. We joined Domingo v. Marcos, a lawsuit against former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos for ordering the murders of anti-Marcos union activists Silme Domingo…
This lawsuit charged officials and guards of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections — including guards “loaned out” from Rikers Island, N.Y. — with beating and abusing a detainee in violation of the federal constitution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state tort…
This federal lawsuit charged that the minimum test score requirement of the NCAA’s freshman eligibility rule illegally deprived academically qualified African-American student-athletes of opportunities to receive athletic scholarships and participate in intercollegiate athletics. Public Justice won on summary judgment in the U.S. District Court for…
In an amici brief, Public Justice and the National Employment Lawyers Association supported a plaintiff in a retaliation case who was dismissed after she provided truthful information to her employer during an internal sexual harassment investigation. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit…
In these consolidated cases, we joined a coalition of civil rights organizations in filing an amici brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the federal government’s attempt to require victims of discrimination to pay income tax on any attorneys’ fees they recover, even though…
In November 1996, we won a ruling in federal court that Brown University violated Title IX when it demoted its women’s gymnastics and volleyball teams from university-funded to donor-funded varsity status. This precedent-setting ruling, which set the standard for determining a school’s compliance with Title…
This is a wrongful death and survival action against multiple defendants, including the United States, for causing the penile amputation and death of former federal immigration detainee Francisco Castaneda. The lawsuit alleges that Mr. Castaneda died as a result of medical negligence, health care policies…
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