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FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
U.S. ex rel. Anti-Discrimination Center of Metro New York, Inc. v. Westchester Co.

1:06-cv-02860 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 12, 2006

Closed Date: July 30, 2021

On April 12, 2006, the Anti-Discrimination Center of Metro New York ("ADC") filed this lawsuit under the False Claims Act against Westchester County in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York. In False Claims Act cases, sometimes called "qui tam" actions, the private instigator of the case is called the "relator"; the plaintiff is the United States, and the relator seeks damages because of harm caused to the United States; by statute, those damages go mostly the federal …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Rivera Madera v. Detzner

1:18-cv-00152 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Aug. 16, 2018

Closed Date: Feb. 1, 2021

This case centers around allegations that the Secretary of State of Florida failed to uphold the requirements of Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.), which prohibits conditioning the right to vote on a person's ability to understand English if they were educated in a school where the predominant language was not English, such as in Puerto Rico. On August 16, 2018, ahead of the 2018 midterm elections in November, the plaintiffs—which included voting rights organizatio…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Texas v. Biden

3:22-cv-00780 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the Central American Minors program and the Biden administration’s policy of allowing certain undocumented individuals from El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras with pending asylum applications to petition to bring their minor children into the United States. On January 28, 2022, the states of Texas, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, and Oklahoma filed this lawsuit in the Northern District of Texas. The states sued the United States government under the …
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration

2:22-cv-00223 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Nov. 18, 2022

Case Ongoing

On November 18, 2022, four national medical associations and four doctors with alleged experience in caring for pregnant and post-abortive patients sued the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA), seeking to overturn the agency’s decades-old authorization of mifepristone, a pill that induces abortions. Represented by Alliance Defending Freedom and a private law firm, Plaintiffs brought suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Plaintiffs brought suit u…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. Alabama

2:12-cv-00179 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Feb. 24, 2012

Closed Date: Feb. 21, 2017

The main issue in this case is the State of Alabama’s compliance with the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.    The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act ("UOCAVA") of 1986 permits uniformed service voters and overseas voters to use absentee registration procedures and to vote by absentee ballot in general, special, primary, and runoff elections. UOCAVA also requires that states transmit ballots validly requested by voters no later than 45 days before an election…
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…
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…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Wood v. Ryan

2:14-cv-01447 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 26, 2014

Case Ongoing

On June 26, 2014, multiple residents and citizens of Arizona subject to the death penalty filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The plaintiffs sued the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) and multiple state officials associated with the organization under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. With the representation of private counsel and the Federal Public Defenders Office, the plaintiffs claimed violations of the First Amendment, the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause, …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Robinson v. Marshall

2:19-cv-00365 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 24, 2019

Closed Date: June 30, 2022

COVID-19 Summary: In response to the COVID-19 crisis, on March 27, 2020 the State Public Health Officer issued an emergency order restricting any medical or surgical procedure except those necessary to treat an “emergency medical condition,” including abortion. On March 30, the plaintiffs challenged the Order and requested an emergency temporary restraining order (TRO) and preliminary injunction to block enforcement. The court granted a limited TRO. On April 12, the court granted the preliminar…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Hunter v. Beshear

2:16-cv-00798 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2016

Case Ongoing

On September 30, 2016, three individuals with severe mental illness deemed incompetent to stand trial in criminal proceedings against them filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The plaintiffs sued the Alabama Department of Mental Health under the Fourteenth Amendment and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The plaintiffs, represented by the Alabama Disability Advocacy Program, the ACLU of Alabama Foundation, and private counsel, sought de…