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PRISON CONDITIONS
Jarboe v. Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

1:12-cv-00572 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 23, 2012

Closed Date: Dec. 13, 2017

On February 23, 2012, five Maryland state prisoners who are deaf filed a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland against the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (MDPSCS) and other state entities under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private counsel, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, plaintiffs alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, …
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
NAACP v. Merrill

3:18-cv-01094 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: June 28, 2018

Closed Date: April 14, 2020

On June 28, 2018, the NAACP, the Connecticut State Conference of the NAACP, and several private citizens of Hamden and New Haven filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. The plaintiffs sued the state of Connecticut and the Connecticut State Elections Board under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by the Rule of Law Clinic at Yale Law School and the NAACP, they claimed that the Defendants' 2011 Redistricting Plan, which entailed "prison gerrymandering," violated …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Hernandez v. New York State Board of Elections

1:20-cv-04003 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 22, 2020

Closed Date: March 8, 2023

This is a case about the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 election cycle in New York. On April 9, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a series of executive orders allowing any voter in the state to apply to vote in the June 23, 2020 primary election using a paper absentee ballot mailed to their home. The plaintiffs were four disabled individuals and four disability advocacy groups: Disability Rights New York, National Federation of the Blind of New York State, American Counci…

Settled: Case Closed

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Sadat v. Trump

3:21-cv-00416 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 15, 2021

Closed Date: April 8, 2021

This is a lawsuit about the constitutionality of President Trump’s Executive Order authorizing sanctions against individuals who assist the International Criminal Court (ICC). The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and private counsel brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on January 15, 2021 in response to the June 11, 2020 Executive Order authorizing economic sanctions against individuals who assist the International Criminal Court (ICC) in inv…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Arizona v. Biden

3:21-cv-00314 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Nov. 18, 2021

Closed Date: Aug. 27, 2023

The states of Arizona, Montana, and Ohio sued the Biden administration on November 18, 2021, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to challenge the administration's immigration policies. The plaintiffs sued the United States, the Department of Homeland Security and its secretary, the Acting Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, the Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. The l…

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief

State of Arizona v. Biden

Nov. 18, 2021

Order: (1) Denying Defendants’ Motion to Transfer (DOC. NO. 7); (2) Lifting the Stay on Briefing of Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction; and (3) Setting a Briefing Schedule on Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction

State of Arizona v. Biden

Dec. 6, 2021

Order: (1) Denying Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (DOC. NO. 29); (2) Granting the States’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction (DOC. NO. 4); and (3) Enjoining Enforcement of the Permanent Guidance (DOC. NO. 4-1) as Described Herein

State of Arizona v. Biden

March 22, 2022

Order Denying Defendants’ Emergency Motion for an Administrative Stay (DOC. NO. 45)

State of Arizona v. Biden

March 23, 2022

Order: (1) Denying Defendants’ Motion for a Stay Pending Appeal (DOC. NO. 49); and (2) Denying Defendants’ Motion for an Administrative Stay (DOC. NO. 50)

State of Arizona v. Biden

March 31, 2022

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
United States of America v. Hendry County School District

1:70-cv-01069 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: July 17, 1970

Closed Date: Aug. 5, 2025

This was a lawsuit challenging the operation of a dual school system based on race in Hendry County, Florida. Originally filed on July 17, 1970, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, proceedings in the case included a preliminary order, in 1970, requiring conversion from a dual to a unitary school system, a permanent injunction, issued in 1975, prohibiting operation of a dual school system and requiring the district to take certain actions to prevent segregation and t…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought

1:25-cv-00380 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 9, 2025

Closed Date: Sept. 19, 2025

This Privacy Act case proceeded in parallel to National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought (1:25-cv-00381), which challenged the broader effort to dismantle the CFPB. This case challenged the alleged unlawful disclosure of federal employee information by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to operatives affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). On February 9, 2025, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Distri…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Vera Institute of Justice v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:25-cv-01643 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 21, 2025

Closed Date: July 7, 2025

This case challenges the Trump Administration’s abrupt termination of hundreds of federal grants in April 2025. On May 21, 2025, five nonprofits filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Department of Justice, the Attorney General, and the Office of Justice Programs and its acting head. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants' actions exceeded their executive authority and violated the Due Process Clause, the Take Care Clause, and the Ad…

Class Action Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief

Vera Institute of Justice v. U.S. Department of Justice

May 21, 2025

Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification

Vera Institute of Justice v. U.S. Department of Justice

May 21, 2025

Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction

Vera Institute of Justice v. U.S. Department of Justice

May 22, 2025

Amicus Curiae Brief of Washington, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon and Rhode Island in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Vera Institute of Justice v. U.S. Department of Justice

June 6, 2025

Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification

Vera Institute of Justice v. U.S. Department of Justice

June 9, 2025

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Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Green & Healthy Homes Initiative, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-01096 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 2, 2025

Closed Date: June 17, 2025

This case challenged the decision of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to terminate plaintiffs’ environmental grants without notice or substantive reason. These grants, awarded in 2024 under the Biden Administration, comprised $8 million given directly to each plaintiff and access to a further $52 million for plaintiffs to distribute among other community-based environmental initiatives in their respective cities. In February 2025—under the Trump Administration—plaintiffs each received …

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appeal Pending

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Jones v. City of Boston

1:05-cv-11832 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 26, 2005

Closed Date: Nov. 15, 2023

On July 26, 2005, a group of current and former Boston Police Department (BPD) officers, an applicant to the BPD, and the Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers filed this lawsuit in the Suffolk County Massachusetts Superior Court. The plaintiffs sued the City of Boston and the Boston Police Department under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 1981, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.), and state law. The plaintiffs…