Special Collection: Title VI Anti-Palestinian/Antisemitism cases

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Ted Eytan

This collection includes cases brought under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that allege antisemitism or anti-Palestinian/anti-Muslim actions at colleges and universities.

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46 Cases

DOJ Investigation of George Washington University

No Court

DOJ investigation found George Washington University was deliberately indifferent to antisemitic discrimination.

CODING IN PROCESS

DOJ Investigation of the University of Nevada Las Vegas

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DOJ investigation into alleged race, religious, national origin, and antisemitic discrimination on the University of Nevada Las Vegas's campus.

United States v. Regents of the University of California

2:26-cv-05589 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 26, 2026

Case Ongoing

U.S. sues UCLA for allegedly failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students from antisemitism following October 7th.

Eli Schechter v. Chapman University

8:25-cv-02426 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

On October 28, 2025, two Jewish alumni of Chapman University in southern California filed this lawsuit in the US District Court for the Central District of California. Both plaintiffs graduated from …

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Lederer v. The Trustees of Columbia University In The City of New York

1:25-cv-08703 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 21, 2025

Closed Date: Dec. 22, 2025

Challenge to Columbia University's alleged antisemitism

Tahboub v. Northwestern University

1:25-cv-12614 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 15, 2025

Closed Date: Dec. 23, 2025

This case challenged Northwestern University’s adoption and enforcement of policies intended to address antisemitism, which students alleged restricted pro-Palestinian speech and discriminated agains…

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Nativ v. Regents of the University of California

25cv137941 | California state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2025

Case Ongoing

Israeli professor sued UC Berkeley for national origin discrimination in hiring.

Abdulhaqq v. Sarah Lawrence College

7:25-cv-06442 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged Sarah Lawrence College for allegedly discriminating against students, faculty, and staff, particularly those expressing pro-Palestian views, by cooperating with a government anti…

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Mohammad v. Emory University

1:25-cv-04321 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged Emory University (Emory) for allegedly discriminating against a Palestinian-American medical student by retaliating against her protected speech, subjecting her to biased discipl…

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Segev v. President and Fellows of Harvard College

1:25-cv-12020 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged Harvard University for allegedly tolerating and facilitating a hostile antisemitic environment, failing to discipline student-employees who physically assaulted a Jewish student …

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Dawson v. Board of Regents of University of Michigan

4:25-cv-12123 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: July 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the University of Michigan for its alleged retaliatory and discriminatory termination of an employee following an investigation into purported antisemitic speech. Other cases inv…

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Laps v. The Leland Stanford Junior University

5:25-cv-05767 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged Stanford University (Stanford) for allegedly discriminating against an Israeli Jewish postdoctoral researcher by allowing a hostile antisemitic environment, permitting colleagues…

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Sussman v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1:25-cv-11826 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: June 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

Ongoing antisemitism lawsuit against MIT over campus harassment claims.

Soffer v. George Washington University

1:25-cv-01657 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged George Washington University (GW) for allegedly permitting and failing to respond to pervasive antisemitism on its campus, particularly after the October 7 attacks, in violation …

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AbouYabis v. Emory University

1:25-cv-02438 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: May 2, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged Emory University (Emory) for allegedly unlawfully terminating a Palestinian Muslim faculty physician in retaliation for her private criticism of Israel’s actions in Gaza, while p…

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Hakim v. Regents of the University of Michigan

2:25-cv-11265 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: May 1, 2025

Case Ongoing

Eight former employees brought a civil rights lawsuit against the University of Michigan, alleging that they were fired in retaliation for their participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. The …

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Heilrayne v. University of Texas at Austin

1:25-cv-00640 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: April 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenges the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) for allegedly coordinating with law enforcement to facilitate unlawful arrests and imposing retaliatory disciplinary actions against…

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White v. The New School

1:25-cv-02910 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the New School (TNS) for allegedly refusing to enforce its nondiscrimination and conduct policies to address escalating antisemitic and anti-Israeli discrimination and protest-re…

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

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Haggai v. Kiswani

1:25-cv-02400 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Curran-Groome v. Columbia University

1:25-cv-01606 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 25, 2025

Closed Date: May 9, 2025

This case challenged Columbia University (Columbia) for allegedly bypassing established disciplinary procedures and misusing an alternative system to suspend, punish, and discriminate against student…

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Doe v. Fashion Institute of Technology

1:25-cv-00950 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) for allegedly conducting a biased misconduct proceeding against a Jewish student, suspending her after a flyer-related incident while ig…

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Elagha v. Northwestern University

1:24-cv-12066 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Nov. 22, 2024

Case Ongoing

This case challenged Northwestern University for allegedly failing to promptly refute and deny false allegations of assault and battery made against a student by her peers, resulting in lasting reput…

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

University of Maryland Students for Justice in Palestine v. Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland

8:24-02683 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Sept. 17, 2024

Closed Date: May 29, 2025

Free speech challenge to the University of Maryland’s decision to deny a student groups' interfaith vigil on October 7th.

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Klusov v. Georgetown University

1:24-cv-02587 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 26, 2024

Case Ongoing

This case challenged Georgetown University (Georgetown) for allegedly unlawfully permitting, enabling, and failing to prevent hostile discrimination against Jewish and Russian students on campus, in …

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Louis D. Brandeis Center, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Education

1:24-cv-01982 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 9, 2024

Closed Date: Aug. 14, 2025

(This summary is temporary while we research the case further). On July 9, 2024, the Louis D. Brandeis Center, Inc. and Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Dep…

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Fiss v. California College of the Arts

4:24-cv-03415 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 6, 2024

Closed Date: Oct. 6, 2025

This case challenged the California College of the Arts (CCA) for allegedly permitting and fostering a hostile and discriminatory environment for Jewish faculty and students by enforcing ideological …

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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

Case Ongoing

Jewish students sued University of California for failure to protect Jewish students during on-campus protests.

Gerwaski v. State of Nevada

2:24-cv-00985 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: May 26, 2024

Case Ongoing

Ongoing campus antisemitism lawsuit against UNLV and student groups.

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Doe v. Northwestern University

1:24-cv-04125 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 20, 2024

Case Ongoing

This case challenged Northwestern University (Northwestern) for allegedly permitting and failing to prevent pervasive antisemitism on its campus, particularly after the October 7 attacks, in violatio…

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Goldstein v. The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia

3:24-cv-00036 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: May 17, 2024

Closed Date: Dec. 4, 2024

This case challenged the University of Virginia (UVA) and affiliated campus groups for allegedly permitting and failing to prevent pervasive antisemitism on its campus, particularly after the October…

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Groveman v. UC Davis

2:24-cv-01421 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: May 17, 2024

Closed Date: Aug. 27, 2025

This case challenged UC Davis and several administrators for allegedly permitting an on-campus protest encampment that reportedly blocked central campus access, promoted hostility toward Jews and Isr…

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Jews at Haverford v. The Corporation of Haverford College

2:24-cv-02044 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: May 13, 2024

Case Ongoing

This case challenged Haverford College (Haverford) for allegedly permitting and failing to prevent pervasive antisemitism on its campus, particularly after the October 7 attacks, in violation of fede…

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C.S. v. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

1:24-cv-03232 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 29, 2024

Closed Date: July 16, 2024

This case challenged Columbia University for allegedly failing to provide a safe campus environment for Jewish students and breaching its contractual obligations. Other cases involving universities’ …

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Doe v. Columbia University

1:24-cv-02870 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 16, 2024

Closed Date: July 31, 2024

This case challenged Columbia University’s allegedly biased discipline of a Jewish student for opposing a pro-Palestine rally, while declining to discipline rally organizers accused of threatening co…

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Gartenberg v. The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

1:24-cv-02669 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 9, 2024

Closed Date: Jan. 12, 2026

This case challenged the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (Cooper Union) for allegedly permitting and failing to prevent a severe escalation of antisemitism on its campus following…

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1:24-cv-10577 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 7, 2024

Closed Date: Jan. 1, 2026

This case challenged the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for allegedly permitting and failing to prevent and address pervasive antisemitism on its campus, particularly after the October 7…

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Students Against Antisemitism, Inc. v. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

1:24-cv-01306 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2024

Case Ongoing

This case is about claims that Columbia University and Barnard College allowed and did not prevent widespread antisemitism on their campus, especially after the October 7 attacks, which the plaintiffs say violates federal and state laws.

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Forrest v. Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

1:24-cv-01034 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2024

Closed Date: June 16, 2025

This case challenges Columbia University and its employees for allegedly resisting and begrudgingly granting a Jewish student's Sabbath accommodations, failing to protect her from antisemitism, and r…

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Kestenbaum v. President and Fellows of Harvard College

1:24-cv-10092 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 2024

Closed Date: May 15, 2025

Students Against Antisemitism alleged that Harvard failed to respond to antisemitism on campus and discriminatorily applied its policies against Jewish students.

Canel v. Art Institute of Chicago

1:23-cv-17064 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Dec. 22, 2023

Closed Date: March 19, 2026

This case challenged the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) for allegedly discriminating against an Israeli Jewish applicant during the admissions process, including a conceded failure to …

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Canaan v. Carnegie Mellon University

2:23-cv-02107 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Dec. 15, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case challenged Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) for allegedly subjecting a Jewish student to a “campaign of antisemitic abuse,” and retaliating against her after she filed a complaint against a…

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Yakoby v. University of Pennsylvania

2:23-cv-04789 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Dec. 5, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) for allegedly permitting and failing to prevent pervasive antisemitism on its campus, particularly after the October 7 attacks, in violation…

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The Louis D. Brandeis Center, Inc. v. Regents of the University of California

3:23-cv-06133 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 28, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case challenged UC Berkeley and Berkeley Law for allegedly permitting longstanding antisemitic discrimination to persist on campus, including by failing to enforce anti-discrimination policies a…

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Mandel v. Board of Trustees of the California State University

3:17-cv-03511 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 19, 2017

Closed Date: April 8, 2019

This case challenged San Francisco State University (SFSU), the California State University system, and university administrators for allegedly fostering and failing to remedy a pervasive antisemitic…

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Rafi v. Yale University School of Medicine

3:14-cv-01582 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Oct. 24, 2014

Closed Date: Aug. 3, 2017

(This summary is temporary while we research the case further). In this lawsuit, a former employee of Yale University School of Medicine sued Yale and the Chairman of the Department of Genetics (coll…

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Felber v. Yudof

3:11-cv-01012 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 4, 2011

Closed Date: July 24, 2012

This case challenged UC Berkeley for allegedly permitting a hostile antisemitic environment on its campus and failing to implement policies that would protect Jewish students from threats, intimidati…

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