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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. Trump

1:25-cv-00039 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration's authority to suspend congressionally appropriated federal financial assistance pending a review to ensure that the spending accords with Administration priorities. On January 27, 2025, an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memorandum directed federal agencies to temporarily pause activity related to obligation or disbursement of Federal financial assistance, and funds for other activities implicated by executive orders, including financial assi…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Nelson v. Warner

3:19-00898 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2019

Closed Date: Oct. 15, 2021

This case is about a West Virginia statute, West Virginia Code § 3-6-2(c)(3), that requires ballots for all statewide partisan offices to list first the party whose presidential candidate received the most votes in the last presidential election. On December 17, 2019, registered voters affiliated with the Democratic Party, the West Virginia Democratic Party, and the West Virginia Democratic House Legislative Committee filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of We…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Reversed

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Maryland v. Corporation for National and Community Service

1:25-cv-01363 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 29, 2025

On April 29, 2025, twenty-four states and the District of Columbia filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland against AmeriCorps and its Interim Head. They challenged the dismantling of AmeriCorps, including through releasing members and volunteers, placing agency staff on administrative leave, and cancelling contracts and grants. They alleged that the federal government's dismantling of AmeriCorps, an independent agency, violated the Administrative Proc…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

DISABILITY RIGHTS
Senior and Disability Action v. San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District

3:17-cv-01876 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 5, 2017

On April 5, 2017, disability rights organizations, Senior and Disability Action and Independent Living Resource Center of San Francisco, and two individuals with disabilities who lived in the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (“BART”) service area filed a class action lawsuit against BART and the BART general manager. The plaintiffs claimed that BART violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (“Rehab Act”) as well as th…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Florida v. United States

3:21-cv-01066 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2021

This case challenged the government’s policies and practices concerning undocumented immigrants at the United States-Mexico border. On September 28, 2021, the State of Florida filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Florida sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). C…

Case Is Ongoing

Appeal Pending

NATIONAL SECURITY
First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles v. National Security Agency

4:13-cv-03287 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 2013

Closed Date: Dec. 14, 2023

On September 10, 2013, organizations, associations, and advocacy groups, their staffs, and their members who subscribed to major American telecommunication companies filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the National Security Agency ("NSA"), the Department of Justice, and the United States of America. The plaintiffs, represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and private counsel, sought an injunction permanently enjoining the United…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Potter v. District of Columbia

1:01-cv-01189 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 30, 2001

This case challenged the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department’s (D.C. Fire’s) grooming policy. The policy sets restrictions on the hair and facial hair of employees. Specifically, it sets restrictions on hair and facial hair length and requires that hair and facial hair be groomed in accordance with the policy.  On May 30, 2001, a group of firefighters in D.C. Fire brought this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Seeking declaratory an…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

PRISON CONDITIONS
McBride v. Michigan Department of Corrections

2:15-cv-11222 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 31, 2015

Closed Date: Dec. 12, 2023

On March 31, 2015, three incarcerated people filed this putative class action lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC), alleging that MDOC was discriminating against them and other deaf and hard of hearing prisoners. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, and was assigned to Judge Sean Cox. The plaintiffs were represented by Michigan Protection and Advocacy, the Washington Lawyers’ Committee and private counsel. The plaintiffs al…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
League of Women v. Secretary of State

1:06-cv-21265 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 22, 2006

Closed Date: June 7, 2009

On May 22, 2006, the League of Women Voters of Florida, People Acting for Community Together (Pact), Florida AFL-CIO, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 79 (AFSCME), SEIU Florida Healthcare Union, as organizations and representatives of their members, the President of the Tallahassee League of Women Voters, and one hundred eligible voters who have not registered to vote, filed suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Defen…
POLICING
Index Newspapers LLC v. City of Portland

3:20-cv-01035 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: June 28, 2020

This case involved allegations that the Portland police assaulted news reporters, photographers, legal observers, and other neutrals who were documenting the police’s violent response to protests over the murder of George Floyd. On June 28, 2020, the plaintiffs, who are members of the media and legal observers, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon on behalf of themselves and as a class of similarly situated people. The plaintiffs sued the City of Por…