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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United States v. Illinois

3:25-cv-01691 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Sept. 2, 2025

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] On September 2, 2025, the U.S. government sued the state of Illinois for providing postsecondary education benefits to undocumented immigrants. Allegedly, Illinois law classifies immigrants who are not lawfully present in the United States as “residents” of Illinois under certain conditions, making them eligible for reduced tuition for public state colleges and other post-secondary education benefits, while U.S. citizens and nationals from…

Case Is Ongoing

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Edmond v. City of Chicago

1:17-cv-04858 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: June 29, 2017

Closed Date: July 8, 2024

This case concerns allegations of race discrimination against employees of the City of Chicago. It was filed on June 29, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and assigned to District Judge Joan B. Gottschall. Seven Black employees from the Department of Water Management, represented by private counsel, sued the city and several officials. Plaintiffs alleged a hostile work environment and discrimination in violation of the Equal Protection Clause. Black employee…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United States v. State of Illinois

1:25-cv-04811 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 1, 2025

This case, brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ) of the second Trump Administration, challenged recent amendments to Illinois' Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act ("Privacy Act"). Under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), enacted by Congress in 1986, employers are required to verify the identity and employment authorization of their employees. IRCA created an E-Verify program to help employers access such information. On May 5, 2025, the DOJ brought this lawsuit in the United …

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
White v. Sweeney

3:19-cv-03181 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 31, 2019

Closed Date: Aug. 26, 2021

This is a case about alleged civil rights violations stemming from an arrest related to a stolen vehicle title. On July 13, 2019, an individual filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, Springfield Division. The individual sued a Rochester, Illinois Police Officer and the Illinois Secretary of State Police Investigator under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for deprivation of rights. The individual, appearing pro se, sought unspecified money damages. The individual cla…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Chambers v. Rodham Clinton

1:16-cv-10408 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Nov. 7, 2016

Closed Date: Feb. 9, 2017

This 2016 case involved outlandish allegations from a pro se plaintiff against a wide array of current and former government officials.  On November 7, 2016, the plaintiff filed suit in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, seeking to have the Court deem former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well as a number of other named officials, as "not qualified" to run for public office.  This stemmed from the alleged fact there are "millions of illegal immigrants" in the Unit…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Kowalski v. Cook County Officers' Electoral Board, et al.

1:16-cv-01891 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 2, 2016

Closed Date: Sept. 13, 2016

This case involved allegations that procedures undertaken by the local statutory entity in relation to the plaintiff's nomination application and objections levied against the validity of such application violated the plaintiff's substantive and procedural due-process rights.  In pursuit of her candidacy in the March 15, 2016 election to the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Cook County, Illinois, the plaintiff ("candidate plaintiff") filed a Petition for Nomination containing 13,430 signatures …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. LAS Hardwoods, Inc

1:24-cv-04899 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: June 13, 2024

This is one of several cases originally brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under the Biden Administration to enforce Title VII’s prohibition of sex-based workplace discrimination against transgender employees. In these cases, the EEOC’s position was that discrimination on account of gender identity and sexuality necessarily constituted sex-based discrimination in violation of Title VII. After Present Donald Trump was elected, the EEOC reversed its position and mo…

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
City of Chicago v. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-05463 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 16, 2025

This case challenges the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) termination of funding for the Shelter and Services Program (SSP). SSP was a congressional initiative established to reimburse local governments for providing humanitarian assistance—including food, shelter, and medical care—to migrants processed and released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  On February 10, 2025, FEMA allegedly halted all SSP funding without prior notice by “de-obligating” the funds. This a…

Temporary Restraining Order Denied

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Castanon Nava v. Department of Homeland Security

1:18-cv-03757 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 29, 2018

This is a case about pretextual vehicle stops used to apprehend undocumented noncitizens in the Chicago area. On May 29, 2018, five noncitizens and two nongovernmental organizations filed this putative class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Secretary, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its Acting Director, and the Field Office Director of the ICE Chicago Field Office in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ill…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection v. Townstone Financial, Inc.

1:20-cv-04176 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 15, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 7, 2024

This is a case about race-based discouragement in mortgage lending in violation of federal consumer protection and anti-discrimination laws.  On July 15, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. The Bureau sued Townstone Financial, Inc., a Chicago-based mortgage lender, and its owner, Barry Sturner, under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), its implementing regulation (Regula…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

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