Special Collection: Occupy

Two Occupy Wall Street protestors in masks, in Times Square

Occupy Wall Street protestors

(2011)

Occupy Wall Street was a protest movement that began on September 17, 2011, in Zuccotti Park, in New York City's Wall Street financial district. Protests spread across the U.S. in the subsequent days and months. In a number of jurisdictions, litigation resulted from police interaction with Occupy protesters. Some of it is collected here.

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Cheryl Aichele v. City of Los Angeles

2:12-cv-10863 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: 2012

Augustine v. Ramsey

2:13-cv-06606 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Nov. 13, 2013

Closed Date: 2016

On November 13, 2013, twenty-six protesters associated with Occupy Philadelphia, a large continuous political protest, filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District o…

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Angell v. Oakland

3:13-cv-00190 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 14, 2013

Closed Date: July 30, 2015

This civil rights case is related to the treatment of “Occupy Oakland” protestors by the police and sheriff’s department in Oakland, CA. The plaintiffs brought this class action lawsuit on January 14…

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3:12-cv-06057 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 29, 2012

Closed Date: 2014

The plaintiff, a demonstrator involved in the Occupy Oakland protest movement, alleged that in the early morning hours of November 3, 2011, he was wrongfully beaten and imprisoned by two Oakland poli…

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Lawler v. City of New York

1:12-cv-05843 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 31, 2012

Closed Date: 2015

On July 31, 2012, a New York resident who was arrested while participating in the Occupy Wall Street protests filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against …

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Crisp v. City of New York

1:12-cv-05842 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 31, 2012

Closed Date: 2015

On July 31st, 2012, a resident of New York who was arrested while participating in a the Occupy Wall Street protest filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York United States District Court u…

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Occupy Wall St. v. City of New York.

1:12-cv-04129 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 23, 2012

Closed Date: 2013

On May 23, 2012, Occupy Wall Street, an unincorporated association engaged in continuous political protest, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York a…

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1:12-cv-03391 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 30, 2012

Closed Date: April 22, 2019

On Apr. 30, 2012, five members of the Occupy Wall Street movement filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, against the City of New York and indivi…

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Baker v. Katehi

2:12-cv-00450 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 2012

Closed Date: 2015

On February 22, 2012, twenty-one university students and recent graduates filed a putative class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California against the Regents…

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Elliot v. City of New York

1:12-cv-00992 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2012

Closed Date: 2015

Two Occupy Wall Street protesters brought this suit on February 8, 2012 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the City of New York and the New York Pol…

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0:11-cv-03542 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Dec. 7, 2011

Closed Date: 2012

On December 7, 2011, a political activist and supporter of Occupy Minnesota filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota under § 1983 against the County of Hennepin. The p…

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Sanchez v. Acevedo

1:11-cv-00993 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Nov. 21, 2011

Closed Date: April 9, 2015

This case concerns criminal trespass and the First Amendment rights of city hall protestors. In 2011, two protesters associated with the Occupy Austin political protest were arrested. They filed a la…

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Campbell v. City of Oakland

3:11-cv-05498 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 2011

Closed Date: 2013

In early October 2011, a large protest movement emerged in Oakland, CA, associated with the national Occupy movement. Several of the Occupy Oakland protesters set up an encampment with tents and othe…

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Occupy Delaware v. City of Wilmington

7027-VCG | Delaware state trial court

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 2011

Closed Date: 2012

On November 9, 2011, Occupy Delaware filed a lawsuit in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware under the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution, as well as under Ar…

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Spalding v. City of Oakland

3:11-cv-02867 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 5, 2011

Closed Date: 2017

On November 5, 2011, hundreds of people rallied in downtown Oakland to protest what they considered to be the inadequate sentence given to former police officer, Johannes Mehserle, for the killing of…

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Occupy Ft. Meyers v. City of Ft. Meyers

2:11-cv-00608 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Oct. 25, 2011

Closed Date: 2013

On October 25, 2011, a group of citizens (Occupy Ft. Meyers) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida against the City of Fort Myers, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, chal…

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Dawson v. City of Dallas

3:11-cv-02698 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 11, 2011

Closed Date: 2011

On October 11, 2011, three protestors associated with Occupy Dallas, a large continuous political protest, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas again…

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Garcia v. Bloomberg

1:11-cv-06957 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 2011

Closed Date: 2017

On October 4, 2011, members of the Occupy Wall Street movement filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the City of New York, under 42 U.S.…

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