Today, the widower of a hotel telecommunications engineer in San Francisco sued the IUOE Stationary Engineers Local 39 Pension Plan and its Board of Trustees for refusing to provide him with a spousal pension benefit required by the terms of…
Court Denies FedEx’s Attempt to Dismiss Suit by Surviving Same-Sex Spouse of Longtime Employee Seeking Pension Benefits
Today, U.S. District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton denied FedEx’s attempt to throw out a lawsuit filed by Stacey Schuett, a widow of a longtime FedEx employee who has been denied the survivor pension benefits her same-sex spouse earned during her…
University of Denver Civil Rights Clinic and Disability Law United Reach Groundbreaking Settlement with Department of Corrections
Prisoners in restrictive housing and close custody at the Colorado State Penitentiary (CSP) have reached a settlement with Colorado prison officials that will provide outdoor exercise for those inmates for the first time since the prison’s construction in 1993. The…
Amicus Success in the Ninth Circuit
The Ninth Circuit decided yesterday that that you cannot moot a Title III case by keeping the challenged policy and making an exception only for the plaintiff. In Butler v. WinCo Foods, LLC, — Fed. App’x —, 2015 WL 3377837…
Disability Law United Files Amicus Brief in Support of Voting Rights
Last Wednesday, Disability Law United teamed up with a huge and amazing group of civil rights and disability rights advocates to file an amicus brief in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to help uphold the rights of people with disabilities…
Disability Law United’s Anderson case in Prison Legal News
Anderson v. Colorado, a case Disability Law United is litigating with the Civil Rights Clinic at the University of Denver law school, was featured in a recent issue of Prison Legal News. The headline — Federal Court Orders Colorado to…
Wheelchair Users Sue Major Hotel Companies for Inaccessible Transportation
Disability Law United, along with three individuals who use wheelchairs for mobility, today filed federal class action lawsuits against three major hotel owner/operators, RLJ Lodging Trust, Hospitality Properties Trust, and Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. Each lawsuit alleges that the hotel…
Disability Law United Receives Grant in Honor of Eleanor Crow, Colorado Civil Rights Advocate
Late last year, Disability Law United was honored to have received a grant allocated by the heirs of Eleanor Elizabeth Gish Crow. Based on Eleanor’s lifelong commitment to civil rights in general and fair housing specifically, her family and heirs…