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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
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

PRISON CONDITIONS
Kingdom v. Trump

1:25-cv-00691 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 7, 2025

President Trump issued Executive Order 14168 on January 20, 2025, just hours after taking office. Titled “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government,” the order mandated a categorical prohibition on federal funding for gender-affirming care and required the BOP to end all such medical treatments and accommodations for incarcerated individuals. Section 4(c) of the executive order explicitly barred any medical procedures, treatments, or…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Orr v. Trump

1:25-cv-10313 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2025

Transgender and nonbinary Americans sued the Trump Administration over its changes to passport policy, which required new passports issued by the State Department to reflect applicants’ sex assigned at birth. President Trump’s Executive Order 14168 directed the Secretary of State to “implement changes to require that government-issued identification documents, including passports, visas, and Global Entry cards, accurately reflect the holder’s sex” as defined within the order. Under this policy,…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
State of Illinois v. Federal Emergency Management Agency

1:25-cv-00206 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: May 13, 2025

Twenty states challenged the conditioning of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants on state cooperation in immigration enforcement.  On May 13, 2025, the states filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island against FEMA and its Administrator, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Secretary, and the U.S. Coast Guard and its Acting Commandant. The states alleged that Defendants withheld critical federal emergency funds from th…

Judgment for Plaintiff

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Texas Association of Money Services Businesses v. Bondi

5:25-cv-00344 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: April 1, 2025

This case is about a trade group’s challenge to a sweeping Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) reporting requirement targeting money services businesses (MSBs). On March 11, 2025, FinCEN issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) that required all money services businesses located in thirty specific ZIP codes near the southern border to file reports for any cash transactions over $200 in value, a threshold drastically lower than the $10,000 threshold for MSBs in other locations. On Apr…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Climate United Fund v. Citibank

1:25-cv-00698 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 8, 2025

This case challenged the freezing of federal grant funds meant for green infrastructure projects. The dispute stemmed from the National Clean Investment Fund, a program under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which Congress established through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Climate United was selected as a grantee in April 2024, receiving $6.97 billion in funding to support clean energy projects across the United States, particularly in low-income, rural, and tribal communities. Under th…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Reversed

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. North Carolina State Board of Elections

5:25-cv-00283 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: May 27, 2025

This case was about the State of North Carolina’s alleged violations of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). The Department of Justice (DOJ) challenged alleged violations of the act. This act required states that maintain centralized voter registration databases to keep accurate lists of registered voters. To successfully register to vote, an applicant had to provide either a driver's license number, the last four digits of their social security number, or, if those were not available, a s…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

EDUCATION
Child Trends, Incorporated v. U.S. Department of Education

8:25-cv-01154 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 7, 2025

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 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 decision to terminate contracts and grants made and awarded pursuant to the congressionally created Regional Educational Laboratories (REL) and Comprehensive Centers programs. In February 2025, DOGE, acting through Department of Education officials, terminated all ten REL c…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

POLICING
U.S. v. Territory of the Virgin Islands

3:08-cv-00158 | District Court of the Virgin Islands

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 2008

In March 2004, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division initiated an investigation of the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) pursuant to 42 USC § 14141. On October 5, 2005, the DOJ issued a technical assistance letter to VIPD, making recommendations regarding specific changes to the department's policies regarding use of force, vehicle pursuits, holding cells, misconduct investigations, discipline, supervisory oversight, and training. On December 23, 2008, the DOJ …
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Abramowitz v. Lake

1:25-cv-00887 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 26, 2025

This case challenged the Trump administration’s effective shutdown of Voice of America (VOA) and its grantee networks following Executive Order 14238, “Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy.” On March 26, 2025, VOA Director Michael Abramowitz and three senior staff filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), Senior Advisor Kari Lake, and Acting CEO Victor Morales. Represented by private counsel, plain…

Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending