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Parks v. McCormac
New Jersey
Jan 2024

Privacy & Technology

Parks v. McCormac

On January 29, 2024, the Ƶand the Ƶof New Jersey filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in support of Plaintiff Nijeer Parks. The brief argues that law enforcement’s wrongful arrest of Mr. Parks due to police reliance on unreliable facial face recognition technology violated Mr. Parks’s constitutional rights.
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New Jersey
Jan 2024
Parks v. McCormac

Privacy & Technology

Parks v. McCormac

On January 29, 2024, the Ƶand the Ƶof New Jersey filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in support of Plaintiff Nijeer Parks. The brief argues that law enforcement’s wrongful arrest of Mr. Parks due to police reliance on unreliable facial face recognition technology violated Mr. Parks’s constitutional rights.
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Usachenok v. State of New Jersey
New Jersey Supreme Court
Nov 2023

Women's Rights

Free Speech

Usachenok v. State of New Jersey

The New Jersey Department of Treasury maintains a policy that requires employers investigating workplace discrimination to “request” confidentiality from all witnesses with respect to any information related to the investigation. This case involves whether a confidentiality policy of this kind violates the free speech rights under the New Jersey Constitution of state employees who are witnesses, and whether those rights are broader than the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment free speech right. The ACLU’s State Supreme Court Initiative and Women’s Rights Project, along with the Ƶof New Jersey, filed an amicus brief in the New Jersey Supreme Court, urging that court to revive a government employee’s speech claim challenging the confidentiality policy and to interpret the New Jersey Constitution’s speech protection more broadly than federal constitutional law. In April 2024, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in our favor and reversed the judgment of the Appellate Division.
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Usachenok V. State Of New Jersey. Explore Case.
New Jersey Supreme Court
Nov 2023
Usachenok v. State of New Jersey

Women's Rights

Free Speech

Usachenok v. State of New Jersey

The New Jersey Department of Treasury maintains a policy that requires employers investigating workplace discrimination to “request” confidentiality from all witnesses with respect to any information related to the investigation. This case involves whether a confidentiality policy of this kind violates the free speech rights under the New Jersey Constitution of state employees who are witnesses, and whether those rights are broader than the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment free speech right. The ACLU’s State Supreme Court Initiative and Women’s Rights Project, along with the Ƶof New Jersey, filed an amicus brief in the New Jersey Supreme Court, urging that court to revive a government employee’s speech claim challenging the confidentiality policy and to interpret the New Jersey Constitution’s speech protection more broadly than federal constitutional law. In April 2024, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in our favor and reversed the judgment of the Appellate Division.
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Curto v. A Country Place Condominium Association
New Jersey
Apr 2019

Women's Rights

Curto v. A Country Place Condominium Association

On June 7, 2018, the Women's Rights Project, the Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief, the Ƶof New Jersey, and Powell & Román, LLC filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on behalf of Marie Curto, Steve Lusardi, and Diana Lusardi, who faced fines for using their condominium’s pool contrary to the condominium association’s sex-segregated swimming pool hours. The condominium association’s policy limits when residents may use a communal swimming pool based explicitly and exclusively on the residents’ gender, in violation of the Fair Housing Act. The district court upheld the explicitly sex-segregated schedule. On appeal, the Third Circuit reversed the district court's decision.
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New Jersey
Apr 2019
Curto v. A Country Place Condominium Association

Women's Rights

Curto v. A Country Place Condominium Association

On June 7, 2018, the Women's Rights Project, the Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief, the Ƶof New Jersey, and Powell & Román, LLC filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on behalf of Marie Curto, Steve Lusardi, and Diana Lusardi, who faced fines for using their condominium’s pool contrary to the condominium association’s sex-segregated swimming pool hours. The condominium association’s policy limits when residents may use a communal swimming pool based explicitly and exclusively on the residents’ gender, in violation of the Fair Housing Act. The district court upheld the explicitly sex-segregated schedule. On appeal, the Third Circuit reversed the district court's decision.
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Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2017

Religious Liberty

Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton

Whether pension plans established by religiously affiliated health care providers are exempt as “church plans” from federal law protecting employees’ pension rights and retirement benefits.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2017
Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton

Religious Liberty

Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton

Whether pension plans established by religiously affiliated health care providers are exempt as “church plans” from federal law protecting employees’ pension rights and retirement benefits.
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