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85 cases, 86 documents
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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ozturk v. Hyde

2:25-cv-00374 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: March 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case is one of numerous lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s abrupt termination of immigration visas—mostly student or work visas—with no notice to the visa-holders and with dubious or no legal basis. You can see all of the cases here. On March 25, 2025, Turkish national and Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk was abruptly detained by masked plainclothes agents of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the streets of Somerville, Massachusetts. The federal government re…

Habeas Relief Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Does v. Snyder (Does II)

2:16-cv-13137 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2016

Closed Date: May 5, 2022

This case involved a class action lawsuit on behalf of all people required to register under Michigan’s Sex Offender Registry Act (SORA). On August 30, 2016, the plaintiff filed this lawsuit on behalf of himself and similarly situated plaintiffs in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division against the governor of Michigan and the director of the Michigan State Police under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Represented by private co…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Skyline Wesleyan Church v. California Department of Managed Health Care

3:16-cv-00501 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 2016

Closed Date: May 11, 2023

This is a case about insurance coverage for abortion. Skyline Wesleyan Church, represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), brought this lawsuit against the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) in the San Diego County Superior Court on February 4, 2016, challenging a California mandate that group health insurance plans provide coverage for all legal abortions. Plaintiff, a non-profit Christian church offering health insurance to employees, objected on religious grounds to…

Settled: Case Closed

HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
PFLAG, Inc. v. Donald J. Trump

8:25-cv-00337 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenges the legality of two executive orders issued by President Trump, EO 14168 and EO 14187. The EOs aimed to restrict access to gender-affirming medical care for transgender individuals under the age of nineteen. On February 4, 2025, PFLAG Inc., alongside the American Association of Physicians for Human Rights (GLMA) and several individual plaintiffs, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The plaintiffs sued President Trump, the U.S…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
CODING IN PROCESS
Linchpins of Liberty v. United States of America

1:13-cv-00777 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 29, 2013

Closed Date: Dec. 15, 2014

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.)  Groups of conservative non-profit organizations sued the IRS in 2013 alleging that the government reserved special scrutiny for conservative applicants for tax exemptions. The case ended in a settlement, in 2017. 
EDUCATION
N. v. Governor Ronald Desantis

0:21-cv-61344 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: June 29, 2021

Closed Date: Dec. 19, 2024

This is a case about gender equality in school sports. On June 29, 2021, a 13-year-old transgender girl filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court Southern District of Florida. Represented by Human Rights Campaign Fund, the plaintiff sued Florida High School Athletic Association, Broward County School Board, and the Florida State Board of Education under the Equal Protection Clause and Substantive Due Process Clause, as well as Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C.…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
Burns v. Seaworld Parks & Entertainment, Inc.

22-cv-02941 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: July 27, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a lawsuit alleging racially discriminatory treatment of customers at Sesame Place, an amusement park operated by SeaWorld. On July 27, 2022, a private African-American plaintiff, individually and on behalf of a minor, and on behalf of a class of similarly situated individuals (collectively, “Burns”), represented by private counsel, sued SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc, Sesame Place Philadelphia, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment LLC, and four private defendants (collectively, “SeaWorld…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Knight First Amendment Institute v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-07572 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case challenged various government departments' withholding of records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This lawsuit, filed October 4, 2017, sought to compel the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of State (DOS) to release certain records under FOIA. The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting freedom of speech and press, sought "records concerning the exclusion or removal of individuals fro…

Case Is Ongoing

Reversed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
U.S. v. State of California

2:18-cv-00490 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: March 6, 2018

Closed Date: April 6, 2021

This case challenged California's "sanctuary city" state laws. The United States federal government filed this suit on March 6, 2018 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The case was assigned to Judge John A. Mendez and Magistrate Kendall J. Newman. This lawsuit comes after a series of lawsuits filed by California jurisdictions challenging the federal government's sanctuary city policies, which deny federal funding to jurisdictions that impede the federal governmen…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
West Alabama Women's Center v. Miller

2:15-cv-00497 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: July 10, 2015

Closed Date: Sept. 20, 2019

On July 10, 2015, the West Alabama Women’s Center, its Medical Director, and a physician it employed (collectively, the “Clinic”), sued Alabama's State Health Officer (“SHO”) in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Represented by the ACLU, the Clinic challenged an Alabama statute that required every physician who performed an abortion at a licensed abortion clinic to have staff privileges at a local hospital or, alternatively, that the clinic have a written agree…