Violence Against Women and Girls
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Concerned an immigrant women's efforts to use laws passed for the benefit of immigrant victims of violence in order to stay in the United States.
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Brief of Amici Curiae Legal Momentum and National Women's Law Center Case No. 2023-P-0706
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Determined whether the Commerce Clause authorized Congress to enact the Driver's Privacy Protection Act, which protects the private information kept by state driver's license bureaus against commercial use, and whether the statute violated the Tenth or Eleventh Amendment.
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The brief argues that police aressted a woman with no probable cause based on long-discredited beliefs about sexual assault.
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Determined whether the State of Washington can terminate state-funded food assistance to lawfully present immigrants who are ineligible for federally-funded food assistance due to their immigrant status.
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Concerned whether rape and attempted rape by a spouse can be considered "extreme cruelty" under VAWA's immigrant protection provisions.
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Determined the constitutionality of New York State's anti-stalking statute.
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Determined the right to unemployment benefits when a woman is forced to quit job due to domestic violence.
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Determined whether New York’s statute of limitations for personal injury claims can be tolled due to psychological disability resulting from domestic abuse.
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Challenged New York City’s Administration for Children Services’ practice of starting child neglect proceedings against battered mothers on the basis of “allowing” their children to witness domestic violence.
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Whether policy required an exception to the "proportionate share" of damages rule in cases of domestic violence where the police fail to act resulting in harm to the victim.
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Concerning the improper sentencing of a teacher who raped an underage student in Montana based on myths about sexual violence.
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