Our Legal Cases: Fighting for Disability Rights

DREDF uses strategic litigation to protect and advance the rights of disabled people. We take on high-impact cases that challenge discrimination, improve accessibility, and set legal precedents that benefit the broader disability community. Explore our casework to learn how we’re making an impact.

Public Comment

Opposition to SB 462

  • Civil Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Human Rights
  • IEP

Public Comment

Health Resources and Services Administration

  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Health Disparities
  • Health Equity
  • Healthcare
  • Human Rights
  • The New Definition of Medically Underserved Population
  • US Department of Health and Human Services

General

White House Meeting

  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Human Rights

Press Release

Groundbreaking Settlement Agreement with San Francisco

  • Chambers et al. v. City and County of San Francisco
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Disability Rights
  • Home and Community-Based Services
  • Human Rights
  • Independent Living
  • Laguna Honda
  • Managed Care Environment

General

National Council on Independent Living honors DREDF’s Marilyn Golden

  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Human Rights
  • Independent Living

General

Human Rights Appointments for Gerard Quinn

  • Disability Rights
  • Human Rights

Press Release

Laguna Honda Press Release

  • Disability Rights
  • Healthcare
  • Home and Community-Based Services
  • Human Rights
  • Independent Living
  • Laguna Honda Hospital

Press Release

Laguna Honda Hospital Lawsuit Settles

  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Human Rights
  • ILRCSF
  • Independent Living
  • Independent Living Resource Center
  • Judge Saundra B. Armstrong
  • Laguna Honda
  • Legal Advocacy
  • Olmstead
  • Olmstead v. L.C.

Case

Zepeda and Zepeda v. County of San Mateo (California)

  • American Council of the Blind
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Human Rights

Case, General

Tennessee v. Lane

  • Accessibility
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Human Rights
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Title II of the ADA