Lawsuit


Arizona Joins Lawsuit Over Obama’s Transgender Directive

Attorney General Mark Brnovich and Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas announced Wednesday that they have joined nine other states in a federal lawsuit to challenge President Obama’s mandate requiring all public K-12 schools to open up boys’ and girls’ locker rooms and restrooms to students of the opposite sex, based on student perceptions of their “gender identity.” …


Eleven States Sue Obama Administration Over Bathroom Guidance for Transgender Students

Texas and 10 other states are suing the Obama administration over its directive to U.S. public schools to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. (AP) Eleven states and state officials filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the Obama administration over federal guidance directing schools to allow transgender students to use restrooms and …


Inglewood Cooked Its Books to Lure NFL Team, Former Accounting Manager Says

The lure of the NFL was just too much for Inglewood, a former city employee charges in a federal lawsuit. Barbara Ohno, Inglewood’s former budget and accounting manager, claims that the future home of the Los Angeles Rams massaged its accounting books to mask its financial problems. In the complaint, Ohno says that Mayor James T. Butts ordered employees to “create a facade of financial …


Religious Liberty Wins Big in Lawsuit Over Tallest Cross in America

It looks like opposing faith in the public square just got a little harder in the Lone Star State. The city of Corpus Christi, Texas, is the home of actress Eva Longoria, the Whataburger fast food chain, and is once again on track to be the future home of the tallest cross in the Americas, thanks to a lawsuit settlement reached on Tuesday, after the plaintiff in the case conceded that the …


Lawsuit: Texas’s Largest Jail Is Full of People Who Are Locked Up for Being Poor

According the the filings in a lawsuit brought by Equal Justice Under Law against Harris County, Texas, 77% of the inmates in Harris County Jail — largest in Texas, third largest in America — are there because they couldn’t make a bail payment of $5,000 or less. Bail in the jail is assessed via video-links during which the accused are instructed not to speak and are not given access to …


‘Pay or Stay’ Lawsuit Against City Part of Larger Trend of Challenges

JACKSON — Municipal-court systems that practice “pay or stay” policies, jailing people who cannot afford fines such as Jackson has done, are facing legal objections across the South from groups like the American Civil Liberties Union. In addition to Jackson, this includes the Municipal Court of Biloxi. “The Supreme Court has held, consistently and for a long period of time, basically that you …


Lawsuit Alleges Planned Parenthood Attack Could Have Been Prevented

A lawsuit that was filed against Planned Parenthood claims the organization should have known an attack like the one that happened in Colorado Springs on Black Friday was likely to happen. First close look at Planned Parenthood building since the Black Friday shooting. The lawsuit was filed in Denver District Court on Friday and will be delivered to Planned Parenthood tomorrow, according to …


Lawsuit: Regents Acknowledge Pay Gap, Deny Discrimination

The South Dakota Board of Regents is asking a judge to dismiss a former South Dakota State University professor’s federal Equal Pay Act lawsuit. Fedora Sutton said she was paid less than other faculty members who were hired during her tenure. The board admitted to pay differences for some …


Gov. Robert Bentley Seeks to Dismiss Lawsuit Filed by Spencer Collier

Attorneys for Gov. Robert Bentley filed a motion in court on Monday asking a judge to dismiss a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by former ALEA Secretary Spencer Collier. Collier, the state’s top law enforcement officer who was fired by Bentley in March, filed his lawsuit against Bentley, Rebekah Caldwell Mason and others in April.