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NATIONAL SECURITY
First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles v. National Security Agency

4:13-cv-03287 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 2013

Closed Date: Dec. 14, 2023

On September 10, 2013, organizations, associations, and advocacy groups, their staffs, and their members who subscribed to major American telecommunication companies filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the National Security Agency ("NSA"), the Department of Justice, and the United States of America. The plaintiffs, represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and private counsel, sought an injunction permanently enjoining the United…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Scott v. Tom Schedler

2:11-cv-00926 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 19, 2011

Closed Date: Oct. 22, 2013

This is a case about voting access for individuals who registered through public assistance agencies in Louisiana.  On April 19, 2011, a Louisiana voter and the Louisiana State Conference of the NAACP brought this action for injunctive relief under the National Voter Registration Act against the Defendants Louisiana Secretary of State, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, and the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services. The plaintiffs alleged that Defendants engaged in sys…
POLICING
Pettibone v. Trump

3:20-cv-01464 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Aug. 26, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 20, 2025

This case is about the federal law enforcement mission, “Operation Diligent Valor,” directed by the Department of Homeland Security against protestors during the widespread racial justice protests in Portland, Oregon in the summer of 2020. Individual Oregon residents along with Black Millennial Movement and Rose City Justice, Inc. brought this lawsuit on August 26, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon against President Donald Trump, Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf, the Depa…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

DISABILITY RIGHTS
Harriet Tubman Freedom Fighters v. Lee

4:21-cv-00242 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 6, 2021

Four lawsuits were filed in the District Court for the Northern District of Florida challenging 2021 Florida Senate Bill 90 (SB 90), an omnibus bill that significantly restricted vote-by-mail in the state. The bill also restricted voter registration activity by third-party organizations. Harriet Tubman Freedom Fighters was the fourth lawsuit filed, following League of Women Voters of Florida Inc. v. Lee, Florida State Conference of Branches and Youth Units of the NAACP v. Lee, and Florida Risin…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Vargas v. Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories, Inc.

2:19-cv-08108 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 2019

This is a case about whether touchscreen kiosk check-in procedures are discriminatory against blind and visually impaired persons. On September 18, 2019, two visually impaired individuals that relied on auxiliary aids and services brought a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs sued Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories ("Quest") and ten unknown Quest employees for discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) a…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
United States v. One Boyertown Properties LP

5:20-cv-06249 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Dec. 11, 2020

Background This is a case about accessibility for people with disabilities in senior living communities. On December 11, 2020, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit against fourteen companies who had designed, built, and/or owned fifteen buildings that housed independent living, assisted living, and memory care communities. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The DOJ sued the defendants under the …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Lee v. Virginia State Board of Elections

3:15-cv-00357 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: June 11, 2015

Closed Date: Dec. 13, 2016

This case challenged the legality of Virginia's voter identification law. On June 11, 2015, an African American Democrat voter who resided in Virginia, a Latino Democrat voter who resided in Virginia, and the Democratic Party of Virginia filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division. Plaintiffs sued the Virginia State Board of Elections and the Virginia Department of Elections under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the First Am…
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

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…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Concerned Pastors for Social Action v. Khouri

2:16-cv-10277 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Jan. 27, 2016

On January 27, 2016, Concerned Pastors for Social Action filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs sued the state of Michigan and the city of Flint under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §300j-8(a). The plaintiffs, represented by counsel from the ACLU, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and private counsel, sought declaratory and injunctive relief. Specifically, the plaintiffs requested that the court: (1) declare the de…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Pope v. County of Albany

1:11-cv-00736 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: June 29, 2011

Closed Date: Sept. 16, 2015

This is a case alleging that an Albany County reapportionment law violated the Voting Rights Act.  On June 29, 2011, three registered minority voters in Albany County filed this suit against the County of Albany and the Albany County Board of Elections alleging that Local Law C, which apportioned the 39 single-member legislative districts of the Albany County Legislature, violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973. This is because, as argued in their complaint, there were pre…