Monell v. Department of Social Services is a case in which the New York City Board of Education awarded compensation for female employees who had been forced to take maternity leave. This case, which...
Updated: October 22, 2007
Harris v. McRae is a class action lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) challenging federal restrictions on Medicaid funds for medically necessary abortions. In the wake of...
Updated: October 22, 2007
United States of America v. Osama Awadallah is a lawsuit in which the Center for Constitutional Rights defended Osama Awadallah against charges of making two false material declarations before a...
Updated: October 9, 2007
People v. Mandel is a criminal case in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) sought to bar evidence of the complainant's prior sexual conduct from a rape trial. To support the growing...
Updated: October 9, 2007
Palestine Information Office v. Shultz is a case in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed an amicus brief, opposing the closure of the Palestine Information Office in Washington, D.C.
Updated: October 9, 2007
NOW v. WABC-TV is a lawsuit in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on behalf of NOW challenged the license renewal of WABC-TV in New York City on grounds of sexual discrimination. In the...
Updated: October 9, 2007
These two deportation cases involve two Palestinian activists, Khader Hamide and Michel Shehadeh, whom the government have attempted to deport since 1987. They argue that Hamide and Shehadeh’s lawful...
Updated: October 9, 2007
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) took on the case of Hess v. Schlesinger in 1973 because it concerned the treatment of women as an extension of their husbands. In this case, CCR challenged...
Updated: October 9, 2007
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld is a case that challenged the arrest and denial of due process to U.S. citizen Yaser Esam Hamdi before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Center for Constitutional Rights’ (CCR) amicus...
Updated: October 9, 2007
Haitian Centers Council, Inc. v. Sale was a case which secured an order in federal court that closed the detention camp for HIV-positive Haitian refugees at Guantánamo. Once in office, President Bill...
Updated: October 9, 2007
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