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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
C.M. v. Collins

25-04924 | U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

Filed Date: June 9, 2025

This case challenged the suspension of gender-affirming care for veterans by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in compliance with EO 14168. Executive Order 14168, titled "Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government," was issued by President Trump In January 2025. EO 14168 aims to reverse policies related to gender identity and establish a federal policy recognizing two sexes, male and female, defined by immutable biological class…

Case Is Ongoing

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Zavala Martinez v. Manzana, LLC

3:24-cv-01900 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Dec. 2, 2024

[This summary is temporary while we research this case.] Plaintiffs allege that Defendants, including Manzana, LLC, have long operated a farm labor contractor business that takes unfair advantage of the H-2A temporary worker program to traffic and exploit migrant workers from Mexico for their own financial gain. In this suit, filed December 2, 2024 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, Plaintiffs allege that instead of providing adequately-paid jobs as required by law, Def…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Miller v. Dunkerton

3:16-cv-00724 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: May 13, 2016

Closed Date: March 21, 2017

On April 27, 2016, Plaintiff, a voter in Brookfield, Connecticut, filed this lawsuit in the Connecticut Superior Court against the Republican Registrar of Voters for the Town of Brookfield, Connecticut after not being re-enrolled on the town Republican Party voter rolls. Plaintiff alleged that her constitutional rights were violated, including her right to due process of law and her right to freedom of association.   The following month, on May 13, Defendant removed the case to the District of …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Libertarian Party of Connecticut v. Merrill

3:20-cv-00467 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: April 4, 2020

Closed Date: April 29, 2021

This is a case about the constitutionality of Connecticut’s petitioning process for unaffiliated and minor party candidates who did not have automatic ballot access during the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 4, 2020, the Libertarian Party of Connecticut (“LPCT”) and LPCT-nominated candidates for State Senate and United States Congress jointly filed suit against the Secretary of State and Governor of Connecticut in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. The case was assigned to Dis…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Du v. United States Department of Homeland Security

3:25-cv-00644 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

This case is one of numerous lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s abrupt termination of immigration visas—mostly student or work visas—with no notice to the visa-holders and with dubious or no legal basis. You can see all of the cases here. (This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On April 24, 2025, four international students—attending school on an F-1 visa--filed this class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against th…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
West v. Manson

2:83-cv-00366 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: May 9, 1983

On May 9, 1983, female inmates, pretrial detainees, and the children of the inmates and pretrial detainees incarcerated at Niantic Correctional Institution in Niantic, Connecticut, brought this class action lawsuit against the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections, the Warden of the correctional facility, and the Commissioner of the Department of Children and Youth Services. The plaintiffs, represented by the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union and Greater Hartford Legal Aid, challenged v…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
McPherson v. Lamont

3:20-cv-00534 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

Closed Date: April 23, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This is a putative class action brought on April 20, 2020, by five detainees at the Connecticut Department of Correction, seeking release from detention or transfer to home confinement due to elevated health risks in light of the virus. The class was certified on June 12. On July 17, the parties entered into a settlement agreement which provided for a variety of specific mitigation measures to improve COVID-19-related sanitation, hygiene, testing, and medical monitoring at eve…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Clark v. Cook

3:19-cv-00575 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: April 17, 2019

This case is about the right to access gender-affirming medical care while incarcerated. On April 17, 2019, a transgender adult (Plaintiff) brought this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut against Cook County officials and medical providers working for the Connecticut Department of Corrections. This case was presided over by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant. Plaintiff, represented by the ACLU, sued Defendants under 42 U.S. § 1983, alleging the violation of her Eighth Amend…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Gordon v. Aetna Life Insurance Company

3:24-cv-01447 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 2024

This is a case about an insurance company’s denial of gender-affirming care for transgender individuals.  This class action lawsuit was filed against Aetna Life Insurance Company on behalf of five transgender women denied coverage for medically necessary gender-affirming facial reconstruction procedures. On September 10, 2024, three transgender women filed this lawsuit in the District of Connecticut. They alleged Aetna’s categorical exclusion of coverage for medically necessary gender-affirming…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Beatty v. Lamont

3:22-cv-00380 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: March 14, 2022

Closed Date: Oct. 16, 2024

Connecticut General Statute §§18-85a-c required current and formerly incarcerated people to pay $249 per day incarcerated as a so-called “pay-to-stay” law. This law resulted in debt that the state frequently collected against formerly incarcerated people's property. On March 14, 2022, two plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU, filed suit against Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, responsible for overseeing the Department of Corrections, and Attorney General William Tong, vested with authority to fi…