ACLU of North Carolina v. Conti
While Legal Director of the ACLU of North Carolina, Katy Parker represented the organization and its individual members in a lawsuit against the State of North Carolina, challenging the State’s new plan to offer a state-sponsored “Choose Life” license plate, without providing a countervailing pro-choice alternative, in contravention of the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. Katy won a preliminary injunction in the Eastern District of North Carolina, which was later converted into a permanent injunction, thereby ensuring that the State provide an open forum on a controversial issue, rather than offering only one side of the debate.