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Nov 20, 2017

Davis v. Jefferson County Board of Education (1982)

Status: Historic

Angela Davis was denied a permit to speak at a Louisville high school. 

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Nov 20, 2017

Eubanks v. Brown (1982)

Reproductive Freedom Project
Status: Historic

A challenge to Kentucky statutes restricting and regulating abortions and requiring husband's consent. 

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Nov 20, 2017

Comley v. Honorable Edward Jackson (1983)

Status: Historic

Right to an appeal. 

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Wooden gavel
Nov 20, 2017

Whitehouse v. Sanders (1976)

Status: Historic

Damages suit against police officers for excessive force during arrest. 

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Wooden gavel
Nov 20, 2017

Bene v. Kassulke (1977)

Status: Historic

Female inmates filed suit over discriminatory conditions in Jefferson County Jail. Male prisoners were given preferential treatment in the allotment of space, mobility, within the jail and food and...

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Wooden gavel
Nov 20, 2017

Hicks v. Hollenbach (1977)

Status: Historic

A desegragation suit to stop a proposed Constituitional amendment which would prohibit bussing as a means to desegragation. 

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