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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Richwine v. Matuszak

1:23-cv-00370 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2023

Closed Date: Aug. 28, 2025

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] On August 30, 2023, Plaintiffs Lauren Richwine and Death Done Differently LLC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana to vindicate their First Amendment rights. The complaint alleges that beginning in 2021, the State of Indiana began investigating Richwine’s business under Indiana’s Embalmers and Funeral Directors Laws. Though Richwine did not hold herself out as a licensed funeral director or engage in the t…

Judgment for Plaintiff

Affirmed

POLICING
Henry Minh, Inc. v. Indiana (Countersuit)

49D04-2405-MI-020041 | Indiana state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 6, 2024

This case involved state police seizing property that was allegedly involved in criminal investigations without disclosing the relevant crimes or bringing charges. On August 6, 2024, a company that had mailed its property (including $42,825.00) through FedEx and subsequently had it seized by state police filed this counterclaim in Indiana state trial court against the state of Indiana and the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated. Represented by …
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Black Polaski v. Stein

7:24-cv-00004 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Jan. 4, 2024

In January 2024, two paralegals and the non-profit North Carolina Justice for All Project, filed this lawsuit challenging North Carolina's prohibition on nonlawyers providing any legal advice. The plaintiffs, represented by the Institute for Justice and private counsel, claimed the prohibition prevented them from providing simple legal advice to North Carolinians about how to properly fill in common, court-created legal forms. They sued under 42 USC § 1983, alleging that the ban violated their …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Novedades Y Servicios, Inc. v. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

3:25-cv-00886 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

This case challenges a federal reporting rule requiring certain money services businesses (MSBs) near the U.S.–Mexico border to report small cash transactions. On March 11, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued the Southwest Border Geographic Targeting Order (GTO), requiring MSBs in thirty zip codes near the southern border to report each transaction, or series of transactions, by or for any one person totaling more than $200 in currency for money transfers to or from M…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

POLICING
Martin v. United States of America

1:19-cv-04106 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Sept. 11, 2019

This case was a damage action brought by someone whose home was mistakenly entered by Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) officers executing a warrant. The officers broke down the front door and detained one of the people there before realizing that they were in the wrong home. The plaintiff was the homeowner; she sued on behalf of herself and her minor child in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against the United States and the individual FBI agents on S…
POLICING
Schmidt v. City of Norfolk

2:24-cv-00621 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Oct. 21, 2024

On October 21, 2024, two Norfolk, Virginia residents, represented by the Institute for Justice, filed a lawsuit department in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The initial complaint named the City of Norfolk, the Chief of Police, and the Norfolk Police Department as defendants. Later, the Chief of Police and the Norfolk Police Department were dismissed, leaving the City of Norfolk as the sole defendant. Plaintiffs alleged that the City had installed a networ…

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Meade v. Bonin

2:20-cv-01455 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: May 14, 2020

This is a case about due process violation under the 14th amendment based on a judge potentially steering defendants towards using ankle monitors by a company he has financial and political ties to. On May 14, 2020, two criminal defendants who were ordered to wear ankle monitors in Judge Paul A. Bonin’s court, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The plaintiffs, represented by Institute for Justice, sued Judge Bonin and the ankle monitoring compan…
POLICING
Coleman v. Brookside

2:22-cv-00423 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 4, 2022

This is a class-action lawsuit challenging a small town’s practice of over-policing to generate revenue through fines and fees. On April 4, 2022, a group of individuals whom the Brookside police detained in traffic stops filed this complaint and motion for class certification in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. The plaintiffs sued the Town of Brookside, Alabama, Jett's Towing, and three Brookside police officers in their individual capacities, seeking redress for Fo…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Brucker v. The City of Doraville

1:18-cv-02375 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: May 23, 2018

Closed Date: Dec. 16, 2020

The city of Doraville relied on its municipal court as a source of revenue. The city received millions of dollars of its budget from court fines and forfeitures. As Doraville’s City Council heavily relied on these revenues to balance the city’s budget, its municipal court personnel, who serve at the pleasure of the City Council, had a financial incentive to convict defendants. In addition, the city’s law enforcement personnel, who also ultimately serve at the pleasure of its City Council, had a…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Przybocki v. United States Department of Agriculture

2:23-cv-00455 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: March 28, 2023

            This is a case about the free speech implications of government restrictions on the labels of various packaged foods. On March 28, 2023, a business owner, his business, and a customer of his business sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), its Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)  in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. Represented by local counsel as well as the Institute for Justice, the Plaintiffs sued for vio…