Litigation Strategies

M.B. v. Howard Class Action Settlement
In July of 2020, NCYL reached a settlement in M.B. v. Howard, a class action lawsuit against the state of

M.B. v. Howard
Kansas’s child welfare system is failing to protect the safety and well-being of foster children and youth in the custody

M.B. V. Tidball
Every day, the approximately 13,000 children in the foster care custody of the state of Missouri are exposed to an

Planned Parenthood V. Promesa Behavioral Health
The California Constitutional right to privacy protects the fundamental right of California women to retain personal control over the integrity
T.R. v. Dreyfus
NCYL is co-counsel in the case of T.R. v. Dreyfus, a child welfare reform class action lawsuit against the Washington
Katie A. v. Bontá
NCYL is co-counsel in the case of Katie A. v. Bontá, a child welfare reform class action against the California
AAP v. Lungren
Along with a private law firm in San Francisco and the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, NCYL attorney
Brown v. Kizer
In these two cases staff attorney Alice Bussiere, working with other advocates, has enforced the requirements of Medicaid’s Early and