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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Committee For A Fair And Balanced Map v. Illinois State Board of Elections

1:11-cv-05065 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 27, 2011

Closed Date: Dec. 15, 2011

This was a challenge to the congressional redistricting plan adopted by the State of Illinois after the 2010 census (the “Adopted Map”). Plaintiffs were an organization called the Committee for a Fair and Balanced Map (a not for profit organization created by Illinois citizens concerned about the congressional redistricting process in Illinois), ten incumbent Republican members, ten incumbent Republican members of Congress, and six registered voters (including some who identify themselves as La…
POLICING
Sow v. City of New York

1:21-cv-00533 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 2021

Case Ongoing

Ten New York residents, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, brought this class action against the City of New York and the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) on January 21, 2021 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C § 1983, alleging excessive force and unlawful seizure in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments; First Amendment violations, including retaliation for the exercise of First Amendment r…
EDUCATION
B. P. J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education

2:21-cv-00316 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: May 26, 2021

Case Ongoing

On May 26, 2021, the plaintiff, an 11-year-old transgender girl and student in Harrison County, West Virginia filed this lawsuit through her mother in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.  Represented by the ACLU of West Virginia, with attorneys from the ACLU, Lambda Legal and Cooley LLP, the plaintiff challenged an April 2021 state statute, H.B. 3293, that banned girls who are transgender from participating in school sports consistent with their gender identity. …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Jones v. Hill

1:20-cv-02791 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: July 1, 2020

Closed Date: March 13, 2023

COVID-19 Summary: Four incarcerated individuals filed this class-action lawsuit against the Clayton County Jail based on conditions-of-confinement claims, as well as a habeas claim, a Rehabilitation Act claim, and an ADA claim. On December 15, 2022, the parties filed a stipulation of dismissal without prejudice. The ACLU and Southern Center for Human Rights stated that while the lawsuit was being dismissed based on the shift in pandemic circumstances, the dire conditions and dangers inside the …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Bush v. Biden

7:21-cv-00272 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: July 13, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging the Biden administration's decision to stop building a southern border wall. On July 13, 2021, the General Land Office of the State of Texas and its then-commissioner, George P. Bush (collectively, “GLO”) sued President Biden, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Secretary of DHS in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. GLO challenged Proclamation 10142 (“the Proclamation”), which ordered DHS to stop construction of the southern U.S…
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Miller v. City of Dallas

3:98-cv-02955 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 16, 1998

Closed Date: Sept. 6, 2002

On December 16, 1998, a group of 12 African American residents of the Cadillac Heights neighborhood of Dallas brought suit against the City of Dallas in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas alleging that the City had provided, and continued to provide, municipal services in the neighborhood in a racially- and ethnically-discriminatory manner. Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on May 27, 1999, in which they specifically alleged the following: the City had refused to ex…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Damus v. Nielsen

1:18-cv-00578 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 15, 2018

Case Ongoing

This class action suit, filed on March 15, 2018, sought to enjoin the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from detaining asylum seekers in order to deter other potential migrants from seeking refuge in the United States. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU and private counsel, were asylum seekers who had been detained without individualized determinations that they posed a flight risk or danger to the community. The plaintiffs sued DHS and alleged violations of the Immigration and Na…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
City of Chicago v. Sessions III

1:18-cv-06859 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 12, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case is a response to efforts by the Trump Administration to strip law enforcement funding from “sanctuary” cities and states unless their governments agree to participate in federal immigration enforcement. The City of Chicago previously sued the Department of Justice over these conditions in 2017; details of that ongoing case can be found here. The City of Chicago filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on October 12, 2018. The plaintiff, repre…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ramos v. Nielsen

3:18-cv-01554 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 12, 2018

Case Ongoing

On March 12, 2018, a group of U.S. children, their non-citizen parents, and other non-citizen adults filed this class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The plaintiffs challenged DHS’ new rule for determining whether or not to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for immigrants from countries facing various crises warranting their nationals to stay in the U.S. rather than be returned home. The plaintiffs argued that the new DHS rule violated thei…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Georgia v. Biden

1:21-cv-00163 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Oct. 29, 2021

Closed Date: June 1, 2023

This case involved a challenge to President Biden’s Executive order 14042, titled Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, requiring federal departments and agencies to require contractors to fully vaccinate their workforce. On October 29, 2021, seven states (Georgia, Alabama, Idaho, Kansas, South Carolina, Utah, and West Virginia), the Board of Regents of University System of Georgia, the Georgia Department of Agriculture, the Alabama Department of R…