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Lawsuit	Subject of lawsuit	Court of decision	Year of decision
Allonby v Accrington and Rossendale College	equal pay for work of equal value	European Court of Justice	2004
Attorney General of Canada v. Lavell Attorney General of Canada v. Lavell Attorney General of Canada v. Lavell; Isaac v. Bédard, [1973] S.C.R. 1349, was a landmark 5-4 Supreme Court of Canada decision holding that Section 12 of the Indian Act did not violate the respondents' right to "equality before the law" under Section 1 of the Canadian Bill of Rights...	Indian status retained or lost by Indians marrying non-Indians	Supreme Court of Canada	1973
Bliss v. Canada (Attorney General) Bliss v. Canada (Attorney General) Bliss v. Canada [1979] 1 S.C.R. 183 is a famous Supreme Court of Canada decision on equality rights for women under the Canadian Bill of Rights. The Court held that women were not entitled to benefits denied to them by the Unemployment Insurance Act during a certain period of pregnancy...	unemployment insurance benefits during pregnancy	Supreme Court of Canada	1978
Califano v. Goldfarb Califano v. Goldfarb Califano v. Goldfarb, 430 U.S. 199 , was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that the different treatment of men and women mandated by constituted invidious discrimination against female wage earners by affording them less protection for their surviving spouses than is...	protection afforded wage earners for surviving spouses	Supreme Court of the United States	1977
Chrapliwy v. Uniroyal Chrapliwy v. Uniroyal Chrapliwy v. Uniroyal, Inc., 670 F.2d 760 , was a decision of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals concerning the award of attorney's fees in a discrimination lawsuit. The facts of the case involved allegedly discriminatory practices in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964...	segregated hiring and seniority system	United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit	1982
Craig v. Boren Craig v. Boren Craig v. Boren, , was the first case in which a majority of the United States Supreme Court determined that statutory or administrative sex classifications had to be subjected to an intermediate standard of judicial review...	age of majority for purchasing "nonintoxicating" beer	Supreme Court of the United States	1976
Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a sexual discrimination lawsuit, was the largest civil rights class action suit in United States history. It charged Wal-Mart with discriminating against women in promotions, pay, and job assignments in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.The case...	discrimination in promotions, pay, and job assignments
EOC v SS for Trade and Industry	incompatibility of employment equality regulations	High Court of England and Wales	2007
Evans v. the United Kingdom Evans v. the United Kingdom Evans v. the United Kingdom was a key case at the European Court of Human Rights. The case outcome could have had a major impact on fertility law, not only within the United Kingdom but also the other Council of Europe countries....	consent for destruction of frozen embryos	European Court of Human Rights	2007
Geduldig v. Aiello Geduldig v. Aiello Geduldig v. Aiello, , was an equal protection case in the United States in which the Supreme Court ruled that the denial of insurance benefits for work loss resulting from a normal pregnancy did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment...	disability insurance benefits for female workers during normal pregnancy	Supreme Court of the United States	1974
Goesaert v. Cleary Goesaert v. Cleary Goesaert v. Cleary, 335 U.S. 464 , was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld a Michigan law which prohibited women from being licensed as a bartender in all cities having a population of 50,000 or more, unless their father or husband owned the establishment. Craig v. Boren, ...	employment as bartenders	Supreme Court of the United States	1948
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 550 U.S. 618 , is an employment discrimination decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. Justice Alito held for the five-justice majority that employers cannot be sued under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act over race or gender pay discrimination...	statute of limitations on pay discrimination	Supreme Court of the United States	2007
Mauldin v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Mauldin v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Mauldin v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. was a sexual discrimination class action lawsuit filed on October 16, 2001, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, seeking back pay and an injunction. It was most notable because the court ordered an investigation into whether...	health insurance not covering prescription contraceptives	United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan, 458 U.S. 718 was a case decided 5-4 by the Supreme Court of the United States. The court held that the single-sex admissions policy of the Mississippi University for Women violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United...	admission to School of Nursing	United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia	1982
Native Women's Association of Canada v. Canada Native Women's Association of Canada v. Canada Native Women's Association of Canada v. Canada, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 627, was a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada on section 2, section 15 and section 28 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, in which the Court decided against the claim that the government of Canada had an obligation to...	financial support for interest groups	Supreme Court of Canada	1994
Personnel Administrator MA v. Feeney Personnel Administrator MA v. Feeney Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney, 442 U.S. 256 , was a case heard by the Supreme Court of the United States. The Supreme Court's decision upheld the constitutionality of a state law giving hiring preference to veterans over non-veterans...	hiring preference to veterans over non-veterans	Supreme Court of the United States	1979
R. v. Sullivan R. v. Sullivan R. v. Sullivan, [1991] 1 S.C.R. 489 was a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada on negligence and whether a partially born fetus is a person.-Background:Two individuals were hired as midwives, though they were not members of the medical profession...	status of a fetus as a person, with implications for women's rights	Supreme Court of Canada	1991
Reed v. Reed Reed v. Reed Reed v. Reed, , was an Equal Protection case in the United States in which the Supreme Court ruled that the administrators of estates cannot be named in a way that discriminates between sexes. After the death of their adopted son, Sally and Cecil Reed sought to be named the administrator of their...	administrating estates cannot discriminate between sexes	Supreme Court of the United States	1971
Roberts v. United States Jaycees Roberts v. United States Jaycees Roberts v. United States Jaycees, , was an opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States overturning the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit's application of a Minnesota antidiscrimination law, which had permitted the United States Junior Chamber to exclude women from full...	full membership	Supreme Court of the United States	1984
Schultz v. Wheaton Glass Co. Schultz v. Wheaton Glass Co. Shultz v. Wheaton Glass Co., 421 F.2d 259 was a case heard before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1970. It is an important case in studying the impact of the Bennett Amendment on Chapter VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, helping to define the limitations of equal pay...	equal pay for men and women	United States Courts of Appeals for the Third Circuit	1970
Stanton v. Stanton Stanton v. Stanton Stanton v. Stanton, is a United States Supreme Court case which struck down Utah's definitions of adulthood as a violation of equal protection: females reached adulthood at 18; males at 21.-Background:The case had started in Utah state court...	age of majority, with implications for child support	Supreme Court of the United States	1975
Stopps v. Just Ladies Fitness Stopps v. Just Ladies Fitness Stopps v. Just Ladies Fitness was a discrimination by sex case heard before the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal that was significant in Canadian law because it found that a women-only admission policy of a public gym was not discrimination....	admission policy	British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal	2006
Thibaudeau v. Canada Thibaudeau v. Canada Thibaudeau v. Canada, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 627 was one of a trilogy of equality rights cases published by a very divided Supreme Court of Canada in the spring of 1995...	income taxability of alimony for child support received by ex-wife from ex-husband	Supreme Court of Canada	1995
Trociuk v. British Columbia (Attorney General) Trociuk v. British Columbia (Attorney General) Trociuk v. British Columbia , [2003] 1 S.C.R. 835 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms where a father successfully challenged a provision in the British Columbia Vital Statistics Act, which gave a mother complete control over the...	control of identity on child's birth certificate	Supreme Court of Canada	2003
Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld, 420 U.S. 636 , was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which unanimously held that the gender-based distinction under of the Social Security Act of 1935—which permitted widows but not widowers to collect special benefits while caring for minor children—violated...	special benefits for widows and widowers caring for minor children	Supreme Court of the United States	1975

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