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94 cases, 106 documents
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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hamama v. Adducci

2:17-cv-11910 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 15, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case concerns a habeas petition and the due process rights of detained Iraqi Americans facing deportation to Iraq. Petitioners in this class action/habeas petition were Iraqi nationals, including many Chaldean Christians, who had resided in the United States for many years. They had been subject to final orders of removal for years, but the U.S. government permitted them to reside in the community under orders of supervision. After the Trump Administration negotiated with Iraq in early 201…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
The Arc of Iowa v. Reynolds

4:21-cv-00264 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Sept. 3, 2021

Closed Date: March 19, 2024

On September 3, 2021, individual student plaintiffs, the Iowa ARC (a nonprofit dedicated to advocating for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities), and Iowa's Protection and Advocacy (P&A) system challenged the state of Iowa's k-12 school mask ban by filing a lawsuit against the state governor and certain school districts alleging the legislature's action to prohibit the wearing of masks during the covid-19 pandemic violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 w…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Chen-Oster v. Goldman, Sachs

1:10-cv-06950 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 16, 2010

Case Ongoing

On September 16, 2010, three women who were previously employed at Goldman Sachs filed a lawsuit against the company in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs alleged that Goldman Sachs engaged in a pattern of gender discrimination in violation of state law and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. Specifically, they alleged that the company discriminated against them through its evaluation, c…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States of America v. State of New York

1:10-cv-01214 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 12, 2010

Case Ongoing

This is a case about US citizens' right to vote while overseas. This action was brought on October 12, 2010 by the Attorney General of the United States (“Attorney General”) on behalf of the United States pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (“UOCAVA”) against the State of New York. UOCAVA requires states to transmit validly requested ballots to UOCAVA voters not later than 45 days before any federal election. The Attorney General alleged that at least nine New Yo…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Augustine v. Avoyelles Parish

1:06-cv-01662 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2006

Closed Date: Oct. 18, 2010

On September 26, 2006, three plaintiffs, who are all African American and registered voters of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Defendants include the Avoyelles Parish Police Jury and the nine members of the Policy Jury in their official capacities. The case was assigned to the Honorable Dee D. Drell, United District Judge. Plaintiffs alleged that Defendants violated the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments of the Constitut…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v. North Carolina State Board of Electors

1:16-cv-01274 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Oct. 31, 2016

Closed Date: Dec. 20, 2019

This is a case about the en mass cancelation of voter registrations by local boards of elections in North Carolina prior to the November 8, 2016 election. Shortly before the federal general election in 2016, boards of elections (BOEs) in at least three North Carolina counties, including Beaufort, Moore, and Cumberland counties, canceled thousands of voters’ registrations based on challenges by private individuals. The private individuals claimed that because a piece of mail was returned as unde…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Allen v. Waller County, Texas

4:18-cv-03985 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 12, 2018

Closed Date: April 14, 2022

This case involved allegations that county officials failed to allocate sufficient time for early voting during the 2018 general election cycle to Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) (a historically Black university) in the State of Texas as compared to the other surrounding areas. Individual students and a student and alumni organization PVAMU, represented by NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund attorneys, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas Houston Div…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Garza v. Vera

7:18-cv-00046 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2018

Closed Date: May 12, 2021

This is a case about the constitutionality of electioneering and property use policies adopted by Starr County, Texas.   On January 8, 2018, Starr County adopted an order (the “County Order”) banning electioneering on all property owned by, or under the control of, the County.  After the County failed to address multiple requests for clarifications on the meaning and practical implementation of the County Order, on February 21, 2018, two politically active Starr County residents filed a lawsuit…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
League of Women Voters of Florida Inc. v. Lee

4:18-cv-00251 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 22, 2018

Closed Date: April 9, 2020

This case is about a directive issued by the Florida Secretary of State (the “2014 Directive”), which prohibited the use of Florida public university and college campuses as early voting polling locations. In 2013, the Florida state legislature revised its early voting law to give supervisors of elections the power to designate “any . . . fairground, civic center, courthouse, county commission building, stadium, convention center, government-owned senior center, or government-owned community ce…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Kelly v. Johnson

2:08-cv-00025 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: April 8, 2008

Closed Date: May 25, 2012

This is a case about Montana’s ballot-access scheme for independent and minor-party candidates who were seeking to run for non-presidential offices in the November 2008 general election. On April 8, 2008, a prospective independent candidate wanting to run for the U.S. Senate, along with a Gallatin County registered voter who wanted to have the opportunity to vote for that candidate in the general election, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Montana.  Plai…