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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Missouri State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Ferguson-Florissant School District

4:14-cv-02077 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Dec. 18, 2014

Case Ongoing

This is a voter dilution case that challenged an at-large election system utilized by the Ferguson Florissant School District in the State of Missouri to elect members to its School Board.  On December 18, 2014, the Missouri State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and certain African American residents and registered voters of the District filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Plaintiffs sued Ferguson-Florissa…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of California v. Trump

4:19-cv-00872 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 18, 2019

Closed Date: Aug. 2, 2023

In 2018, President Donald Trump asked Congress to appropriate $5.7 billion for construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. On February 14, 2019, Congress denied that request and instead appropriated only $1.375 billion. Although President Trump signed this appropriations bill, he simultaneously declared a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act, and directed the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and the Treasury to reallocate military and other funds in order to bui…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Gomez v. Trump

1:20-cv-01419 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 28, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case involves a dispute about visa processing. Following a March 20, 2020 decision by the State Department to cease most visa services, President Trump issued Presidential Proclamation 10014 on April 20, suspending the entry of all immigrants into the U.S. for two months, unless they qualified for an exception. Two months later, the entry suspension was extended to December 31, 2020 and expanded to include temporary nonimmigrant visas in Proclamation 10052. As a result, the State Departmen…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Daves v. Dallas County

3:18-cv-00154 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 2018

Closed Date: Jan. 8, 2024

On January 21, 2018, eight arrestees who could not afford to post bail filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The plaintiffs sued Dallas County, the Dallas County Sheriff, the Dallas County Magistrate Judges, the Dallas County Criminal Court at Law Judges, and the Dallas County District Court Judges, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for violations of the Fourteenth Amendment. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU of Texas, the ACLU Criminal Law Reform Pr…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Thakker v. Doll

1:20-cv-00480 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: March 24, 2020

Closed Date: April 18, 2023

COVID-19 Summary: Twelve particularly vulnerable immigration detainees filed this habeas petition and complaint on March 24, 2020. The Court granted release on March 31, holding that their ongoing detention was unlawfully punitive given the grave threat posed by congregate detention during the coronavirus pandemic. On April 17, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint, seeking class certification for all civil immigrant detainees in the Middle District of PA over the age of 45 or with underlyi…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Patino v. City of Pasadena

4:14-cv-03241 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 2014

Closed Date: June 30, 2023

This is a case about voter dilution and preclearance of voting rights changes.  On November 12, 2014, registered Hispanic voters of the City of Pasadena, Texas filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Plaintiffs sued the City of Pasadena, the Mayor, and members of the Pasadena City Council under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10301 (formerly 42 U.SC. § 1973). Specifically, Plaintiffs claimed that the City altered its gove…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Remick v. City of Philadelphia

2:20-cv-01959 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action brought by individuals incarcerated in the Philadelphia Department of Prisons (Philadelphia's jail system), alleging that the conditions within the facility were unconstitutional, due to the plaintiffs' heightened risk of serious illness or death from COVID-19. The parties entered into a partial settlement agreement as to protective equipment, disinfectant, and monitoring, which was approved by the court on June 3. The plaintiffs twice moved for contempt…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
State of South Carolina v. United States of America

1:12-cv-00203 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2012

Closed Date: Oct. 12, 2012

On February 8, 2012, the State of South Carolina (“South Carolina”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for District of Columbia against the United States of America and United States Attorney General Eric H. Holder (collectively “the United States”).  South Carolina sought preclearance under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of a voter photo identification law (referred to as “Act R54”) enacted by South Carolina’s General Assembly, and …
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
United States of America v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc.

2:21-CV-00022 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 5, 2021

Case Ongoing

On February 5, 2021 an anonymous plaintiff, “Relator Alex Doe,” brought this civil fraud action on behalf of the United States, Texas, and Louisiana against Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., and other Planned Parenthood affiliates in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas Amarillo Division. The plaintiff sought to recover damages and civil penalties they alleged were owed to the United States, Texas, and Louisiana as a result of Planned Parenthood having presen…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Reynolds v. Arnone

3:13-cv-01465 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 2013

Case Ongoing

On October 4, 2013, a death row inmate at the Connecticut Northern Correctional Institution (NCI) filed this lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. The plaintiff sued the commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Corrections and six other state officials in their official and individual capacities under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The plaintiff sought declaratory and injunctive relief, including a release from 23 hour-p…