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United States v. City of Portland

3:12-cv-02265 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2012

This lawsuit was the culmination of an 18 month-long investigation of the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141. That investigation, which began in June of 2011, was prompted by the high number of PPB officer-involved shootings that involved individuals with mental illness. On September 13, 2012, the DOJ issued a findings letter stating that it found reasonable cause to believ…
POLICING
DOJ Investigation of Sangamon County, IL

No Court

On November 14, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) opened an investigation into Sangamon County, Illinois, the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO), and the Sangamon County Central Dispatch System (SCCDS) to assess potential race and disability discrimination. The investigation arose after an SCSO deputy fatally shot Sonya Massey, a Black woman who had called 911 for help while in a mental health crisis. The DOJ announced it would assess Sangamon County, SCSO, and SCCDS’ practices un…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United States v. City of Boston

1:25-cv-12456 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Sept. 4, 2025

This is a case challenging Boston’s Trust Act (sanctuary city laws). The Trust Act, enacted in 2014, prohibits the Boston Police Department from detaining individuals on the basis of immigration status or civil immigration warrants . For more information on the many federal government challenges to sanctuary city laws, see here.  On September 4, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit against the city of Boston in the United States District Court for the District of Massachuset…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Davids v. Adams

1:25-cv-00334 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: June 26, 2025

This case challenged the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s interpretation of the recently passed Idaho House Bill 135 and their decision to impose immigration status verification requirements on recipients of certain federally-funded public welfare programs. On June 26, 2025, a family health physician and five anonymous plaintiffs filed a class action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. Represented by the ACLU of Idaho, the National Immigration Law Center and private at…

Injunction Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Anchorage School District v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-00347 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: July 21, 2025

This case challenged the decision of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to withhold nearly $7 billion in funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). This funding was required by statute to be disbursed to states on July 1, 2025. Statute provides formulas for OMB to use in calculating the exact amount the U.S. Department of Education (ED) must give to each state, provided that state has plans to run ESEA programs previously approved by ED. All 50 states had such plans…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
American Association of University Professors - Harvard Faculty Chapter v. U.S. Department Of Justice

1:25-cv-10910 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

This case challenged the Trump administration’s 2025 suspension and termination of federal funding to Harvard University in response to alleged antisemitism on campus. (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of legal challenges to actions by the second Trump Administration, click here.)  On April 11, 2025, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), its Harvard Faculty Chapter (AAUP–Harvard), and the United Auto Workers (UAW) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Di…

Judgment for Plaintiff

EDUCATION
United States investigation of Columbia University

NA (Out of court) | No Court

This matter involved United States investigations of Columbia University for alleged violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On March 3, 2025, the Trump Administration Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education, and US General Services Administration, as part of the Federal Government's Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism, announced they would conduct a comprehensive review of Columbia University's federal contracts and grants in conjunction with the T…

Administrative Matter Ongoing

JAIL CONDITIONS
United States v. Cumberland County

1:23-cv-02655 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: May 17, 2023

This was a lawsuit filed by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), who alleged that the Cumberland County jail failed to provide constitutionally adequate mental healthcare to prisoners who were at risk of suicide or self-harm. The DOJ Civil Rights Division filed a complaint and proposed consent decree under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA) on May 17, 2023, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against Cumberland County and the Cumberland Cou…
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

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PUBLIC HOUSING
National Alliance to End Homelessness v. Turner

1:25-cv-00447 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Sept. 11, 2025

In National Alliance to End Homelessness & Women’s Development Corporation v. Turner, the case tests whether HUD may attach sweeping political and ideological conditions to federal homelessness funding. On September 11, 2025, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) and the Women’s Development Corporation (WDC) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island before District Judge Mary S. McElroy and Magistrate Judge Austin E. McConaghy, naming Housing and Urban De…

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