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POLICING
Illinois v. City of Chicago

1:17-cv-06260 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 29, 2017

This case established a consent decree related to alleged systemic misconduct by the Chicago Police Department.  On August 29, 2017, the State of Illinois filed this lawsuit against the City of Chicago in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Illinois Civil Rights Act of 2003, and the Illinois Human Rights Act. The State brought this action on behalf of the people of Illinois to ensure that the City enacted comprehensive, lasting reform of th…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Abramowitz v. Lake

1:25-cv-00887 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 26, 2025

This case challenged the Trump administration’s effective shutdown of Voice of America (VOA) and its grantee networks following Executive Order 14238, “Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy.” On March 26, 2025, VOA Director Michael Abramowitz and three senior staff filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), Senior Advisor Kari Lake, and Acting CEO Victor Morales. Represented by private counsel, plain…

Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought

1:25-cv-00381 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 9, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration's endeavor to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). On February 7, 2025, Elon Musk posted, “CFPB RIP” on social media. The next day, the Acting Director of the CFPB instructed CFPB staff to “immediately” stop all work and informed the Federal Reserve that the CFPB would not take any additional funding for its operations in the next quarter. This action happened in the larger context of the Trump Administration’s effort to disman…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Reversed

POLICING
People of the State of New York v. Wallkill

7:01-cv-00364 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 2001

Closed Date: Feb. 28, 2006

This case involved misconduct by the Wallkill Police Department (WPD). On January 18, 2001, the Attorney General filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Town of Wallkill (Town), seeking injunctive relief to reform and monitor the WPD. The case was assigned to District Judge Colleen McMahon. The lawsuit was the offshoot of the Attorney General's investigation of the WPD. The investigation revealed a pattern of pervasive misconduct, including…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Chicago Women in Trades v. Trump

1:25-cv-02005 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 2025

This case challenged Trump’s Executive Orders 14151 and 14173, which aimed to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. The plaintiffs were the Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT), a nonprofit organization that supports women entering skilled trades. They filed suit on February 26, 2025 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, the U.S. Department o…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

POLICING
State of California v. County of Kern

BCV-20-102971 | California state trial court

Filed Date: Dec. 22, 2020

This case involved a state-led lawsuit against a county sheriff’s office accused of unconstitutional policing. On December 22, 2020, the Attorney General of California filed this lawsuit against the County of Kern and the Kern County Sheriff’s Office (“KCSO”) in the Kern County Superior Court of California, alleging that the KCSO engaged in a pattern or practice of violating state and federal law. The California Constitution and state law empowered the Attorney General to file a civil action to…
POLICING
State of California v. City of Bakersfield

BCV-21-101928 | California state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 2021

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On August 23, 2021, the California Department of Justice ("DOJ") entered into a stipulated judgment with the City of Bakersfield and the Bakersfield Police Department ("BPD"), regarding BPD's policies and practices. The stipulated judgment resulted from a investigation by DOJ to improve BPD's practices, such as requiring body-worn cameras, volunteering to collect data early under the Racial and Identity Profiling Act, and implementing a c…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Little v. Washington Metro. Area Transit Auth.

1:14-cv-01289 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 30, 2014

Closed Date: April 27, 2018

On July 30, 2014, nine African American employees with criminal records filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and its contractors. The plaintiffs, represented by the NAACP, the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, and private counsel, sought a declaratory judgment that the practices of the WMATA and its contractors were unlawful and violated Title VII of the Civil Righ…
POLICING
United States v. Police Department of Baltimore City

1:17-cv-00099 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Jan. 12, 2017

On January 12, 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and the Police Department of Baltimore City (BPD) alleging a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers in deprivation of people's rights under the United States Constitution and federal laws. The DOJ brought the action under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141, Title …
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. Citadel Federal Credit Union

2:24-cv-05426 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 10, 2024

This case is about discriminatory lending and redlining in Philadelphia. On October 10, 2024, the United States Department of Justice brought this case against Citadel Federal Credit Union in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The DOJ alleged that Citadel Federal violated the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Fair Housing Act by discriminating on the basis of race, lending discriminatorily and redlining majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in its market ar…