High Impact Litigation Project Cases — The Barbara McDowell Foundation

PRO BONO HIGH IMPACT LITIGATION PROJECT

Summaries and updates of the cases litigated through the High Impact Litigation Project (2009-2022)

2022

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Case Seeks to Address Discriminatory Impact of the VI-SPDAT

2021

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Suit to Challenge Inhumane Conditions at St. Louis City Jail

Appeal Seeks Relief for Children Asylum-Seekers

Challenge to the Louisiana Workforce Commission’s Failure to Issue Unemployment Assistance During COVID-19

2019

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Challenge to the Seizing Without Due Process By New York City of State Tax Refunds for Transit Violations

Investigation of Landlords Violating Potential Tenant’s Housing Rights for Failure to Accept Section 8 Housing Vouchers from Persons of Color

Investigation of a School System’s Failure to Integrate Disabled Children into Classrooms and Programs

2018

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Constitutional Challenge Regarding Termination of Parental Rights in Pennsylvania

2017

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Challenge to Segregation and Discrimination of Institutionalized Intellectually Disabled Persons

Suit to End Mistreatment of Boys in a Juvenile Detention Center in Iowa

Investigation of Child Shackling Policy of Local Sheriff’s Department

2016

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FOIA Litigation Filed Against the United States Customs and Border Protection Service (CBP)

2015

2014

2013

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Investigation into Mistreatment of Residents of Halfway Houses in the District of Columbia

Challenge to City of Austin’s Practice of Jailing Indigent Persons Who Could Not Pay Petty Fines

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District of Columbia Sued for Failure to Provide for People with Disabilities During Disasters

Suit to Protect Child from Bullying in Local School System

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Class Action Suit to Compel Information on Public Welfare Benefits to be Accessible to the Visually Impaired

2012

2009

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Investigation of Housing Discrimination in the District of Columbia

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Obtaining Additional Allocation of Food Stamps for District of Columbia Residents

Exclusion of Black Americans from Juries in Certain Alabama Counties

Post-conviction Challenges for 16 Death Row Prisoners in Mississippi

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