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EDUCATION
Council for Opportunity in Education v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-03514 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration Department of Education's decision to discontinue grants provided under the Higher Education Act of 1965.  On September 30, 2025, Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) filed suit against U.S. Department of Education (DOE) in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. COE is a membership organization consisting of colleges and non-profits that participate in the federal TRIO program. The TRIO programs were established in the 1960s to help…

Case Is Ongoing

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
American Association of University Professors v. Trump

3:25-cv-07864 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 16, 2025

This case is about the Trump administration’s termination of federal grants to the University of California system and the administration’s withholding of federal funding and grants to incentivize universities to eradicate “diversity, equity, and inclusion” from their campuses. This case is substantially related to Thakur et al v. Trump et al.  On September 16, 2025, labor unions and associations that represent faculty, students, and academic employees throughout the University of California Sy…

Case Is Ongoing

EDUCATION
NAACP v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-01120 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

This case challenges U.S. Department of Education (DOE) efforts to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in federally funded educational institutions. In early 2025, the DOE issued a series of directives (the “Title VI Documents") addressing DEI practices in federally funded schools. On February 14, a “Dear Colleague” letter warned that racially discriminatory practices in DEI programs, including in admissions, hiring, training, or instruction, could violate federal law an…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

EDUCATION
United States investigation of Columbia University

NA (Out of court) | No Court

This matter involved United States investigations of Columbia University for alleged violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On March 3, 2025, the Trump Administration Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education, and US General Services Administration, as part of the Federal Government's Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism, announced they would conduct a comprehensive review of Columbia University's federal contracts and grants in conjunction with the T…

Administrative Matter Ongoing

POLICING
DOJ Investigation of Lousiana State Police

No Court

On June 9, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division’s Special Litigation Section began investigating the Louisiana State Police (LSP) to determine if the LSP's officers employed excessive force and if its policing practices were racially discriminatory. As described in the DOJ press release, its investigation included a "comprehensive review of LSP policies, training, supervision, and force investigations, as well as LSP’s systems of accountability, including misconduct …
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Frankel v. Regents of The University of California

2:24-cv-04702 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 5, 2024

Closed Date: July 18, 2025

This is a case about speech and religious freedom on college campuses. On June 5, 2024, a group of Jewish students at UCLA sued the Regents of the University of California and other university officials in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California based on the university's alleged failure to protect Jewish students, faculty, and staff during on-campus protests. The plaintiffs brought claims under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act; 42 U.S.C. § 1985 (conspiracy to interfere wi…

Settled: Case Closed

Appeal Pending

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
President and Fellows of Harvard College v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:25-cv-11048 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

This case challenged the Trump administration’s 2025 suspension and termination of federal funding to Harvard University in response to alleged antisemitism on campus Harvard filed this lawsuit on April 21, 2025 in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The University was represented by private counsel. The University named the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Justice, the Department of Education, the…

Injunction Granted

POLICING
DOJ Investigation of Mount Vernon Police Department

No docket | No Court

On December 3, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, along with the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced a pattern and practice investigation into the Mount Vernon Police Department (MVPD). The investigation would assess whether the MVPD engaged in practices of discriminatory policing. The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 gave the investigators the authority to bring the inquiry. The act prohibited state and local governments …
POLICING
DOJ Investigation of Phoenix Police Department

No Docket | No Court

On August 5, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it was opening a pattern and practice investigation into the City of Phoenix and the Phoenix Police Department (collectively, “PhxPD”). DOJ initiated the investigation under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which prohibits state and local governments from engaging in a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers that deprives individuals of rights protected by the Constitution or federal law. T…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Jones v. Gusman

2:12-cv-00859 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 2, 2012

On April 2, 2012, ten prisoners at the Orleans Parish Prison -- the New Orleans Jail (NOJ) -- brought this class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against the Orleans Parish Sheriff, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center, asked for both declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that they suffered from abusive and unconstitutional treatment while confined at the NOJ. The case was assigned to Judge Lance…

Injunction Granted

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