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CHILD WELFARE
Rodriguez v. Coeytaux

3:25-cv-00225 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: July 20, 2025

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] Plaintiff Jerry Rodriguez brought suit against Defendant, Doctor Remy Coeytaux, on July 20, 2025 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. In his complaint, Plaintiff alleges that Defendant mailed his girlfriend abortion-inducing drugs into Texas, which were used to kill his unborn child. Plaintiff seeks to recover damages from Defendant for wrongful death. Plaintiff also seeks an injunction to stop Defendant from distribu…

Case Is Ongoing

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Blodgett v. Hughs

1:19-cv-01154 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Nov. 26, 2019

Closed Date: July 28, 2021

This case is about a Texas law (House Bill 1888) that prohibits temporary early-voting locations unless they operate the same weekdays as the main early voting location and are open for at least eight hours on each of those days. On November 26, 2019, a 96-year-old registered voter living in Austin along with Texas Young Democrats and Texas College Democrats filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Austin). They sued the Texas Secretary of State under 42 …

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Reversed

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District

5:25-cv-00756 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: July 2, 2025

(This summary is temporary while we research the case further). On July 2, 2025, sixteen Texas families filed suit in the Western District of Texas, challenging a new state law requiring all public elementary and secondary schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. Plaintiffs alleged that the law e First Amendment’s protections for the separation of church and state and the right to free religious exercise. The case is ongoing as of August 2025. 
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
U.S. v. Texas

65-cv-01570 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: 1965

Closed Date: May 2, 1966

This is a case about a Texas policy that provided  that, in order to vote in Texas, a person must pay the State's poll tax. In 1966, the Attorney General, on behalf of the United States, filed this lawsuit against the State of Texas; the Presiding Judge for Precinct Number 239 of Travis County, Texas; the Associate Judge for Precinct Number 239 of Travis County, Texas; the mayor of Austin, Texas; the Travis County Democratic Executive Committee; the Travis County Republican Executive Committee;…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Miller v. Hughs

1:19-cv-01071 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Nov. 1, 2019

Closed Date: July 10, 2020

This case is about a Texas statute, Tex. Elec. Code § 12.082(a), that requires candidates of the same political party of the last elected Governor to appear first on general election ballots for every partisan race. On November 1, 2019, a registered Texas voter, the Texas Democratic Party, and three national Democratic committees filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. They sued the Texas Secretary of State under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Because extensive acade…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. U.S Department of Homeland Security

4:25-cv-03585 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 2, 2025

The case challenges a new Interim Final Rule (IFR) that mandates noncitizens who are 14 years or older and have been in the U.S. for at least 30 days to register with the federal government. This registration requires submitting fingerprints and other biometric data, and carrying proof of registration at all times. The IFR, issued on March 12, 2025, and effective on April 11, 2025, also requires parents or legal guardians to register any unregistered children under 14.  Plaintiff John Doe filed…

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Firedisc, Inc. v. Trump

1:25-cv-01134 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: July 21, 2025

This case challenged the tariffs put in place by President Trump and the resulting modifications made by various agencies to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). After being re-elected for his second term, President Trump issued multiple Executive Orders placing tariffs up to 145% on various countries. President Trump claimed authority to issue these orders under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).  On July 21, 2025, the plaintiffs, including two cor…

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Cornerstone Credit Union League v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

4:25-cv-00016 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Jan. 7, 2025

Closed Date: July 11, 2025

This case challenged the January 2025 issuance of a Final Rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) which precluded the inclusion of medical debt on consumer reports if they are provided to creditors for the purpose of a credit determination. Plaintiffs alleged the CFPB rule violated an express provision of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), as amended in 2003 by the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, allowing such disclosures. Generally, such information must be…

Judgment for Plaintiff

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
League of United Latin American Citizens v. Abbott

3:21-cv-00259 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 18, 2021

This summary is temporary while we research the case. The American Redistricting Project (ARP) summarizes this case as follows (https://thearp.org/litigation/lulac-v-abbott/):  On October 18, 2021, a coalition of Latino civil and voting rights organizations and Latino Texans filed a federal lawsuit against Texas's Governor and Deputy Secretary of State challenging the state's enacted state House, state Senate, State Board of Education, and congressional redistricting plans as violating the U.S.…

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Xiong v. Trump

4:25-cv-00558 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 25, 2025

Closed Date: June 4, 2025

This case is one of several lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport noncitizens without due process. You can see all of the cases here. On May 25, 2025, a Hmong noncitizen filed this class complaint and petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, challenging his and others’ detention and threatened removal to Laos. The plaintiff sued President Trump, along with the U.S. Dep…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)