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Harris v. Bessent

1:25-cv-00412 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the termination of a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board. On February 11, 2025, Cathy Harris, a duly appointed/confirmed Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She sued President Trump, the Secretary of Treasury, the Acting Chairman of the Merit System Protection Board, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Director and Deputy Director of the White H…
EDUCATION
State of Tennessee v. Cardona

2:24-cv-00072 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: April 30, 2024

Case Ongoing

In this case, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Virginia and West Virginia challenged the U.S. Department of Education’s regulation (the “Rule”) which interpreted Title IX’s definition of sex discrimination to include discrimination based on gender identity, expanded the definition of harassment, and incorporated a de minimis harm standard for determining sex discrimination. The Rule went into effect on August 1, 2024, but has been enjoined from enforcement in several states due to this case …
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
K.Y. v. District of Columbia

1:24-cv-03056 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 28, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is a putative class action lawsuit about the District of Columbia's juvenile delinquency system. On October 28, 2024, two minors awaiting placement by the D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) filed this lawsuit through their parents in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. They alleged various problems with the DYRS placement process, which determines where minors who have committed juvenile offenses should be sent to best facilitate rehabilitati…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Wilcox v. Trump

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

Filed Date: Feb. 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

This is a challenge to the second Trump administration's termination of Gwynne Wilcox, the Chair of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of civil-service-related legal challenges to the second Trump administration, click here.) The plaintiff in this case was fired on January 27, 2025 by President Trump from her positions as Chair and member of the National Labor Relations Board, even though her term was not set to expire until 2028.  She filed this l…
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Liddell v. Board of Education for the City of St. Louis

4:72-cv-00100 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 18, 1972

Case Ongoing

Background On February 18, 1972, five African-American parents and their minor children filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. They sued the Board of Education of the City of St. Louis and a number of its officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive relief, claiming that the defendants operated city schools in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. Specifically, the plai…
EDUCATION
State of Texas v. The United States of America

2:24-cv-00086 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 29, 2024

Case Ongoing

This case involves an attempt to block new Title IX rules from going into effect. On April 19, 2024, the Biden administration introduced its "Final Rule," which clarifies the interpretation of Title IX to broaden protections against sex discrimination in education. Texas filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on April 29, 2024, against the United States of America, the U.S. Secretary of Education, the U.S. Department of Education, the Assistant Secretary f…
EDUCATION
Alabama v. Cardona

7:24-cv-00533 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 29, 2024

Case Ongoing

This case is a challenge to the Biden administration's interpretation of Title IX. On April 19, 2024, the administration unveiled its Final Rule, which expanded Title IX's protections against sex discrimination in education. On April 29, 2024, four southern states and several nonprofit organizations focused on free speech, K-12 education and policy issues of concern to women filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama against the U.S. Department of Education.…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Skyline Wesleyan Church v. California Department of Managed Health Care

3:16-cv-00501 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 2016

Closed Date: May 11, 2023

This is a case about insurance coverage for abortion. Skyline Wesleyan Church, represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), brought this lawsuit against the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) in the San Diego County Superior Court on February 4, 2016, challenging a California mandate that group health insurance plans provide coverage for all legal abortions. Plaintiff, a non-profit Christian church offering health insurance to employees, objected on religious grounds to…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Cousins v. School Board of Orange County

6:22-cv-01312 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: July 25, 2022

Closed Date: Aug. 16, 2023

This is a case challenging Florida's H.B. 1557, commonly known as the "Don't Say Gay" law. The state measure restricts instruction about gender identity and sexual orientation in schools. Plaintiffs in this case included students attending Florida schools and their parents, as well as a nonprofit CenterLink that has members, including LGTBQ+ community centers, in various Florida counties. The plaintiffs sued various school boards under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that H.B. 1557 violated the Firs…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. McMahon

1:25-cv-10601 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case, brought by 21 states, challenged the Trump administration's directive to dismantle the Department of Education through a massive "reduction in force." The immediate catalyst for this lawsuit was the Department of Education’s announcement on March 11, 2025, of a near-50% workforce reduction, seen by the plaintiff states as an unlawful attempt to incapacitate the agency and its statutorily mandated functions. The Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, herself stated that these workforc…