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EDUCATION
National Academy of Education v. Department of Education

1:25-cv-01266 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Several lawsuits have been brought challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. This case is one; the others can be found here. In this case, two organizations involved in research about education policies, practices, and methods sued the Department of Education and its Secretary. The plaintiffs challenged actions taken by the Department regarding the Institute for Education Sciences (IES) and its centers. Under the Education Sciences Reform Act …

Preliminary Injunction Denied

EDUCATION
NAACP v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-01120 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

This case challenges U.S. Department of Education (DOE) efforts to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in federally funded educational institutions. In early 2025, the DOE issued a series of directives (the “Title VI Documents") addressing DEI practices in federally funded schools. On February 14, a “Dear Colleague” letter warned that racially discriminatory practices in DEI programs, including in admissions, hiring, training, or instruction, could violate federal law an…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

EDUCATION
Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-01407 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 8, 2025

This case raised a challenge to discontinuation of grants under the federal Equity Assistance Center (EAC) Program. On May 8, 2025, Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium (MAEC) and the NAACP filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and its Secretary. Plaintiffs challenged ED's termination of EAC grants awarded to MAEC and other grant recipients to promote equity in education, effectively ending the EAC program aut…

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc. v. Avant Realty LLC

1:25-cv-00040 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 13, 2025

This case is about discrimination based on race when providing housing information. On January 13, 2025, a nonprofit housing organization, Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc. (HOME), filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court Western District of New York. Represented by NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the plaintiff sued a real estate company under the Fair Housing Act and New York State Human Rights Law. The plaintiff argued that the defendant, in violation of those statu…

Case Is Ongoing

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Texas State Conference of The NAACP v. Abbott

1:21-cv-01006 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Nov. 5, 2021

Closed Date: May 23, 2022

The Texas State Conference of the NAACP (“NAACP”) sued Texas Governor Abbott and Texas Secretary of State John Scott on November 5, 2021 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. NAACP alleged that Texas’s newly enacted redistricting maps for the state house, the state senate, and U.S. Congress violated the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act. First, NAACP asserted that race was the controlling factor the Texas legislature considered when drawing the voting maps, and that…
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Liddell v. Board of Education for the City of St. Louis

4:72-cv-00100 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 18, 1972

Background On February 18, 1972, five African-American parents and their minor children filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. They sued the Board of Education of the City of St. Louis and a number of its officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive relief, claiming that the defendants operated city schools in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. Specifically, the plai…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v. Weaver

3:25-cv-00487 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: Jan. 27, 2025

This case is about a challenge to a South Carolina state budget provisio that allegedly limit instruction regarding racial and gender inequalities and oppression.  On January 27, 2025, the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, author Ibram X. Kendi, a South Carolina school teacher, librarian and several students (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed a lawsuit challenging a state budget proviso titled "SDE: Partisanship Curriculum” in the United States District Court for the District of Sou…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Thompson v. Trump

1:21-cv-00400 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 16, 2021

This is a case about the violent insurrection and disruption of Congress on January 6, 2021, while Congress approved the results of the Electoral College in order to elect the next President and Vice President of the United States. On February 16, 2021, a member of the United States House of Representatives, in his personal capacity, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Represented by private counsel and the NAACP, the plaintiff sued the President…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
League of Women Voters Education Fund v. Trump

1:25-cv-00955 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 1, 2025

This case challenges President Trump’s March 2025 executive order titled, "Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections" (EO 14248). (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of legal challenges to actions by the second Trump Administration, click here.) In relevant part, EO 14248 seeks to make several changes to the rules governing elections. First, it directs the Election Assistance Committee (EAC) to alter the federal voter registration form prescribed by Congress ("Federal For…

Consolidated: Docket Closed

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Indiana State Conference v. Lawson

2:17-cv-00334 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 2017

Closed Date: June 27, 2018

This case challenged Indiana's Lake County Precinct Consolidation Law ("LCPCL") as unfairly targeting a majority-minority voting district in Indiana. The LCPCL targeted only one of Indiana’s 92 counties, which was home to a substantial portion of the state’s minority population, and sought to consolidate or eliminate 294 of Lake County Indiana’s 555 election precincts.   On August 9, 2017, Plaintiffs, the Indiana State Conference of the NAACP along with named voters, alleged the newly enacted I…