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Nov 22, 2017

University of Louisville v. Sharp; University Medical Center v. ACLU of KY, et al (2012)

These two related cases arose as a result of our investigation into the proposed merger of the University of Louisville Hospital with Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI). In that investigation, we...

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Nov 22, 2017

Herbert, et al. v. Kentucky State Board of Education, et al.

Voting Rights
Status: Won

After House and Senate leaders disregarded the ACLU of Kentucky’s request to accomplish legislative redistricting during the 2013 Regular Session, we filed suit in federal court challenging the...

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Nov 22, 2017

Johnson, et al v. Corrections Corporation of America (2014)

In this case, current and former employees of a private prison operator brought a class action suit alleging that the operator violated the Fair Labor Standards Act at two Kentucky prisons it formerly...

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Nov 22, 2017

Jones v. Dirty World (2014)

We filed a brief in defense of a case in which an internet site was found liable for the defamatory comments posted on the site by an anonymous third party.

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Nov 22, 2017

Love, et al. v. Beshear (2014)

LGBTQ+ Equality

We filed our proposed amicus brief with the District Court in the pending challenge to Kentucky’s ban on marriage equality. Having already decided that Kentucky’s refusal to recognize valid same-sex...

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Nov 22, 2017

O'Connell v. Kentucky Bar Association (2014)

In this pending attorney discipline case, the KBA is pursuing professional discipline against an attorney for allegedly violating an ethical rule prohibiting attorneys from engaging in ex parte...

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