- Community Integration
NDRN Joins Amicus in Community Integration Case
October 25, 2017
NDRN joined six national disability organizations in an amicus brief supporting the critical role the U.S. DOJ plays in the enforcement of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act in a case involving the state’s policy of unnecessarily segregating children with disabilities by placing them in nursing facilities.
Amicus Brief - Justice System
NDRN Joins Amicus in Court Access Case
October 20, 2017
NDRN in an amicus drafted by the firm of Godfrey & Kahn pro bono in arguing that the standard for effective assistance of counsel should be different than Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984) for a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in a civil commitment hearing.
Amicus Brief - ADA & Civil Rights
NDRN Joins Amicus in Voting Rights Case
September 15, 2017
NDRN and Disability Rights Ohio joined eight other organizations including unions, homelessness organizations and voting rights organizations in an amicus brief in support of the challenge to Ohio’s voter registration list removals.
Amicus Brief - Justice System
NDRN Joins Amicus in Transportation Case
August 9, 2017
NDRN joined the Impact Fund and ten other disability and civil rights organizations in an amicus arguing that plaintiffs showed that a class action was appropriate and the plaintiffs met the commonality requirement even in the absence of an explicit system-wide policy governing hotel transportation services.
Amicus Brief - Employment
NDRN Joins Amicus in Employment Case
April 5, 2017
NDRN joined the National Employment Lawyers Association in an amicus supporting leave for cancer treatment as a reasonable accommodation even when the extent and duration of leave was uncertain.
Amicus Brief