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Karsjens v. Minnesota Department of Human Services

0:11-cv-03659 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2011

On December 21, 2011, patients civilly committed to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program filed this lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The plaintiffs sued the Minnesota Department of Health & Human Services (DHS) and the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Seeking injunctive and monetary relief, the plaintiffs alleged violations of the Fourteenth, First, and Fourth Amendments. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that recent amendmen…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Steward v. Perry

5:10-cv-01025 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 20, 2010

Adults with developmental disabilities who were institutionalized filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas alleging that they, along with the class of similarly situated individuals, were institutionalized unnecessarily as a result of the policies of the State of Texas. There are also two organizational Plaintiffs: the Arc of Texas and the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities. The Plaintiffs alleged that Texas failed to provide adequate habilitation and s…

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management

1:25-cv-01237 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2025

This case, brought by current and former federal employees, challenges the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) access to sensitive data. On February 11, 2025, current and former federal employees and unions acting on their behalf filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against DOGE and its Acting Administrator; the Director of the DOGE Temporary Service, Elon Musk; and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and its Secretary (…

Case Is Ongoing

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Fair Fight, Inc. v. True The Vote

2:20-cv-00302 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 2020

This case is about whether a “voter-integrity” campaign of True the Vote, a conservative Texas-based vote-monitoring organization, violated Section 11(b) of the Voting Rights Act.  On January 5, 2021, during the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election and amid claims of voter fraud and election impropriety by President Donald Trump, Georgia held a run-off election for its seats in the U.S. Senate.  The outcome of the run-off election would determine the control of the Senate. During the run…

Judgment for Defendant

Appeal Pending

PRISON CONDITIONS
Wright v. Corrections Corporation of America

1:00-cv-00293 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 16, 2000

On February 16, 2000, private attorneys, a public defender, and counsel from the D.C. Prisoners' Legal Services Project filed this 42 U.S.C § 1983 putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of incarcerated persons, their family members, legal counsel, and other recipients of telephone calls from prisoners housed in prison facilities operated by the defendant private corporation, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA—the largest operator of private …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Planned Parenthood Center for Choice v. Abbott

1:20-cv-00323 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: March 25, 2020

Closed Date: March 5, 2021

On March 25, 2020, Planned Parenthood and other Texas abortion providers brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief in the Western District of Texas. Represented by Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and the Lawyering Project, the plaintiffs challenged the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's interpretation of Governor Greg Abbott’s March 22, 2020, Executive Order GA 09, “Relating to hospital capacity during the C…

Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief

Planned Parenthood Center for Choice v. Abbott

March 25, 2020

Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and/or Preliminary Injunctive and Memorandum of Law in Support

Planned Parenthood Center for Choice v. Abbott

March 25, 2020

Statement of Interest of the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia

Planned Parenthood Center for Choice v. Abbott

March 30, 2020

State Defendants' Response to Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order

Planned Parenthood Center for Choice v. Abbott

March 30, 2020

Order Granting Plaintiffs' Request for Temporary Restraining Order

Planned Parenthood Center for Choice v. Abbott

March 30, 2020

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Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

PUBLIC HOUSING
Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

1:66-cv-01459 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 1966

Filed in 1966 and still ongoing as of 2022, this is one of the most significant housing desegregation cases ever, leading to the nation's first desegregative housing mobility voucher program. In collaboration with BPI, the Chicago public interest organization that has for decades represented the plaintiffs in this case, the Clearinghouse has acquired and posted the full litigation record—over 2100 documents, all told.  About 230 "core" documents are set to display here; if you click on "show mo…

Complaint

Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

Aug. 9, 1966

MOTION OF CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY, A CORPORATION, AND ALVIN E. ROSE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, RULES 12 AND 56, TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

Oct. 10, 1966

MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF MOTION OF CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY, A CORPORATION, AND ALVIN E. R O SE ~ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, RULES 12 AND 56, TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

Oct. 14, 1966

COUNTERAFFIDAVITS IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION OF DEFENDANTS TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT, OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

Dec. 15, 1966

BRIEF OF PLAINTIFFS IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION OF DEFENDANTS TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT, OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

Dec. 15, 1966

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Flores v. Reno

2:85-cv-04544 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 11, 1985

Note: We've tagged this case as one challenging President Trump's immigration executive orders because those executive orders and their implementing memoranda, included as "resources," below, touch on many of the matters subject to longstanding court oversight in this case. On July 11, 1985, attorneys from the National Center for Immigrants' Rights, the National Center for Youth Law, and the ACLU Foundation of Southern California represented four minors who filed this class action complaint aga…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

Appeal Pending

POLICING
United States v. City of Seattle

2:12-cv-01282 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 27, 2012

On March 31, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division opened an investigation of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (then codified at 42 U.S.C. § 14141; then recodified to 34 U.S.C. § 12601), the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Following a comprehensive investigation, on December 16, 2011, the DOJ announced its findings that SPD engag…

Settled: Case Closed

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Fair Fight Action v. Raffensperger

1:18-cv-05391 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Nov. 27, 2018

Closed Date: Sept. 30, 2022

Two voter-rights advocacy organizations and four religious non-profit organizations brought actions against the Georgia Secretary of State, the State Election Board, and members of the State Election Board alleging constitutional violations and violations of the Voting Rights Act.  The original complaint was filed on November 27, 2018, by the two voter-rights groups.  The complaint was amended twice.  The four religious non-profit organizations joined as plaintiffs as part of the first amendmen…