Disability Law United filed a new case in the District of Colorado that underscores the importance of reasonable accommodations under the Fair Housing Act. When Hannah and Chris Lofland were looking for a home in Larkspur, Colorado, they never imagined…
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…
Baltimore Residents File Title VI Complaint with United States Department of Transportation over Maryland’s Discriminatory Decision to Strip Baltimore of Transportation Funding
Today, Disability Law United; the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Covington & Burling LLP; and the ACLU of Maryland filed a complaint with the United States Department of Transportation on behalf of the Baltimore City Chapter of the NAACP,…
Complaint Filed: California’s Medi-Cal Program Violates Latin@ Civil Rights
Disability Law United’s Bill Lee, along with attorneys from the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the National Health Law Program, and Feinberg, Jackson, Worthman and Wasow LLP, filed a complaint against the U.S. Department of Health and Human…
Disability Law United mourns the passing of Bruce Sattler
Disability Law United joins the ACLU of Colorado in mourning the passing of longtime civil liberties advocate Bruce Sattler. Bruce was Tim and my first opposing counsel when we started Fox & Robertson in 1996. He was smart, professional, and…
Outdoor Exercise Settlement Article in Westword!
This morning, Westword’s Alan Prendergast published an article about the settlement that the University of Denver’s Civil Rights Clinic and Disability Law United reached with the Colorado Department of Corrections last week. The online article focuses on the history of Colorado State Penitentiary,…
Alan Chen Joins Disability Law United Board
We are very excited to welcome Prof. Alan Chen as a new member of Disability Law United’s board of directors. Our newest board member is a distinguished professor of law and a nationally-recognized expert in constitutional law and civil rights…
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…
Lambda Legal and Disability Law United Urge Delta Airlines to Amend Pension Plan to Grant Benefits to Surviving Same-Sex Spouses
“It is time for Delta and other major employers—many of whom are allies to the LGBT community—to update their boilerplate policies and remove this hurdle that affects same-sex couples who were barred from marriage for so long.” Lambda Legal and…
Big Disability Law United News: Bill Lann Lee and Julie Wilensky open Disability Law United’s California Office
We are very excited to announce that we are opening a CALIFORNIA OFFICE and that we will by joined by the amazing and talented Bill Lann Lee and Julie Wilensky. Bill was the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights from 1997–2001…