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United States v. Wilkins

65-cr-11736 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 6, 1965

Closed Date: 1967

This case is part of the Clearinghouse Special Collection on the events and litigation leading up to and surrounding the famous Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. Thousands of demonstrators walked from Selma to Montgomery in March 1965 protesting racial discrimination in Alabama and the persistent deprivation of the Alabama black population's right to vote. This historic march was made possible by an injunction from a federal court prohibiting state officials from interfering and compelling …
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Equality Florida v. DeSantis

4:22-cv-00134 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: March 31, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case, filed on March 31, 2022, challenged Florida House Bill 1557, the Florida statute widely known as the "Don't Say Gay" law. H.B. 1557 banned any school instruction on "sexual orientation and gender identity." Individual plaintiffs were made up of organizations, students, parents, and teachers in Florida. They brought this suit under § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida and alleged constitutional and statutory violation. Specifically, plaintiffs alleged…
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South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom

3:20-cv-00865 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: May 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a suit brought by a church against the State of California’s enforcement of stay-at-home orders and prohibition of in-person religious policies. The plaintiffs alleged that California’s four-stage “Reopening Plan,” had relaxed the stay-at-home order for certain retail organizations as part of Stage 2 of the reopening, however, churches were to be opened months later. On May 15, the court denied the TRO and the plaintiffs appealed. The Ninth Circuit denied the injunctio…
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Williams v. City of West Palm Beach

9:21-cv-81537 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2021

Closed Date: Dec. 15, 2021

On August 30, 2021, three residents of West Palm Beach, Florida, who did not have permanent housing, filed this lawsuit against the City of West Palm Beach (the "City" or the "defendant") in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The plaintiffs, represented by Southern Legal Counsel, the ACLU of Florida, and the Florida Justice Institute, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging a violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. T…
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EPIC v. United States Postal Service

1:21-cv-02156 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 12, 2021

Case Ongoing

On August 12, 2021, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia against the United States Postal Service and United States Postal Inspection Service (the Services). The court assigned the case to Judge Trevor N. McFadden. EPIC sought declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the Services violated the Administrative Procedure Act. Specifically, the EPIC alleged that the Services violated the Admini…
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Parsons v. City of Jacksonville

17-01263 | Florida state trial court

Filed Date: 2017

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NetChoice v. Moody

4:21-cv-00220 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 27, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about content regulation of social-media providers in Florida. On May 27, 2021, NetChoice and Computer & Communications Industry Association (two trade associations that seek to promote and protect free speech and free enterprise on the Internet) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The trade associations sued Florida state officials, including the Attorney General of Florida, Deputy Secretary of the Florida Department of Management …
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Esteban v. Central Missouri State College

67-16473 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: 1967

None
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American Civil Liberties Union Foundation v. Department of Justice

3:19-cv-00290 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 17, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a case about transparency into government surveillance. The ACLU (the plaintiffs) sued various branches of the federal government (the defendants) including the Department of Justice, FBI, and Department of Homeland Security for failing to timely produce records related to social media surveillance. The ACLU filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on January 17, 2019. The case was assigned to Judge Edward M. Chen. On May 24, 2018, the ACLU submitted…
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Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School Distrcit 205

Illinois state trial court

Filed Date: 1967

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