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Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Kennedy

1:25-cv-10814 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 4, 2025

The lawsuit arose from a series of government directives beginning in February 2025 aimed at terminating NIH-funded research on topics and populations the administration disfavored, including “gender identity,” “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” (DEI), “vaccine hesitancy,” and studies involving certain foreign entities. According to the complaint, these directives followed President Trump’s January 2025 executive orders seeking to end equity-related programs and grants. The plaintiffs alleged t…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Association of American Universities v. Department of Health & Human Services

1:25-cv-10346 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2025

This case challenges the Trump Administration's policy change slashing indirect cost reimbursements for projects funded by the National Institutes of Health. On February 10, 2025, the Association of American Universities (AAU), American Council on Education (ACE), Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU), and thirteen universities (listed at the end of this summary) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the Department of Health a…

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appeal Pending

EDUCATION
State of California v. U.S Department of Education

1:25-cv-10548 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 6, 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. This case challenged the Trump Administration's authority to terminate approximately $600 million in Congressionally-authorized education grants that included efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) in the recruitment and hiring of teachers in hard-to-staff localities and subject areas. On March 6, 20…

Administrative Stay Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Frankel v. Regents of The University of California

2:24-cv-04702 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 5, 2024

Closed Date: July 18, 2025

This is a case about speech and religious freedom on college campuses. On June 5, 2024, a group of Jewish students at UCLA sued the Regents of the University of California and other university officials in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California based on the university's alleged failure to protect Jewish students, faculty, and staff during on-campus protests. The plaintiffs brought claims under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act; 42 U.S.C. § 1985 (conspiracy to interfere wi…

Settled: Case Closed

Appeal Pending

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Pavek v. Simon

0:19-cv-03000 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Nov. 27, 2019

Closed Date: Aug. 26, 2020

This case is about a Minnesota law, Minn. Stat. § 204D.13(2), that requires general election ballots to list the major political party candidates in reverse order based on the average number of votes their party received in the last state general election. Because the Minnesota Democratic Party, called the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), received the highest average vote share in the 2018 general election, the ballot order statute required DFL candidates to be listed last on the 2020 gener…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

Appeal Dismissed

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Chestnut v. Merrill

2:18-cv-00907 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: June 13, 2018

Closed Date: Feb. 17, 2020

This is a case about dilution of African American voting strength by congressional districting in Alabama. On 13 June 2018, eight African American voters residing in Alabama filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Southern Division. The plaintiffs were represented by private counsel. The case was initially assigned to Magistrate Judge John E Ott, and reassigned to Chief Judge Karon O Bowdre. The plaintiffs sued the Alabama Secretary of State. The plain…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Thorpe v. Virginia Department of Corrections

2:20-cv-00007 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: May 6, 2019

On May 6, 2019, twelve prisoners at the Red Onion and Wallens Ridge supermax prisons, who had each been in solitary confinement for between two and twenty-three years, filed this putative class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The plaintiffs sued the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) and the wardens of both Red Onion and Wallens Ridge under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 19…

Case Is Ongoing

PRISON CONDITIONS
Palmigiano v. Garrahy

1:74-cv-00172 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: July 16, 1974

Closed Date: Feb. 19, 2014

On 01/11/2007, six inmates in the "awaiting trial" section of the Adult Correctional Institutions of Rhode Island (ACI) filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Rhode Island Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The plaintiffs, represented in part by the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, asked the Court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated because …
EDUCATION
Doe v. Horne

4:23-cv-00185 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 17, 2023

This is a case challenging an Arizona statute (A.R.S. § 15-120.02) that excludes transgender girls from participating in school-based sports teams that align with their gender identity. On April 17, 2023, the plaintiffs — school-aged transgender teens who were denied participation on several girls' school sports teams due to their assigned sex at birth — filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona against the state's Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Arizona Inters…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Chimenti v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

2:15-cv-03333 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: June 12, 2015

Closed Date: Oct. 18, 2022

On June 12, 2015, three individuals incarcerated and suffering from complications due to Hepatitis C viral infections filed this class action suit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs sued the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming violations of the Eighth Amendment, and of Article I § 13 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. Represented by private counsel and the PA Institutional Law Project, the plaintiffs alleged that th…