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Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education (2005)

Education, Government Power to Protect Rights

Determined whether a person who is retaliated against for complaining of sex discrimination in federally funded education programs may bring a lawsuit for damages under Title IX, the federal law banning sex discrimination in education.
Li v. Oregon (2005)

Sex-Based Classifications

Determined whether denying same-sex couples the right to marry violated the Oregon Constitution.
Perales-Cumpean v. Gonzales (2005)

Immigration, Violence Against Women

Concerned whether rape and attempted rape by a spouse can be considered "extreme cruelty" under VAWA's immigrant protection provisions.
U.S. v. Bird (2005)

Reproductive Rights

Determined the constitutionality of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE) in light of the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Morrison.
Colon v. City of New York, U.S. v. City of New York (2004)

Welfare and Poverty

Determined whether welfare recipients who must work in public "workfare" jobs in order to receive welfare benefits are protected against sexual harassment and discrimination in those jobs by Title VII, the federal law against employment discrimination.
Communities for Equity v. Michigan High School Athletic Association (2004)

Education

Determined whether Title IX covers athletic associations that do not directly receive federal funding, but exercise significant control over federally funded school athletic programs.
Cote-Whitacre, et al. v. Dep't of Public Health (2004)

Sex-Based Classifications

Determined whether it is a violation of equal protection to apply a hundred-year-old Massachusetts law that denies marriage to persons who could not legally marry in their home state to same sex couples seeking to marry in Massachusetts.
Frew v. Hawkins (2004)

Welfare and Poverty

Determined whether it is constitutional to use federal power to compel the State of Texas to provide Medicaid to indigent children under the Medicaid Act.
Imes v. City of Asheville (2004)

Employment and Work, Violence Against Women

Addressed the right of domestic violence victims to protection from employment discharge under North Carolina public policy.
In re Village of Port Chester v. Martinez (2004)

Violence Against Women

Determined whether a victim of domestic violence may be penalized for "failure to produce records" in an eminent domain suit, where she had lost access to her records when fleeing from her abusive husband.