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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
State of Washington v. Department of Justice

2:25-cv-00244 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the constitutionality of President Trump’s January 28, 2025 Executive Order 14187 (EO 14187), titled “Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” that sought in the sections relevant to this case: (1) to prevent medical institutions from providing gender-affirming care to individuals under nineteen years old by conditioning federal funds on institutions' cessation of such care (Section 4 of EO 14187), and (2) to encourage criminal prosecution by insinuating …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Singleton v. Allen

2:21-cv-01291 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 27, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case challenges the 2011 drawing of Alabama’s Congressional districts. Plaintiffs--registered Alabama voters in different Congressional Districts within the state--filed suit against the Alabama Secretary of State. Plaintiffs filed the case in September 2021, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. They alleged that 2020 census data demonstrated that Alabama’s then-operative congressional districts were malapportioned, and that districting across country boundaries…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Council on American-Islamic Relations - Connecticut v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

3:17-cv-01061 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: June 27, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 7, 2023

This Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) complaint, filed June 27, 2017, sought to enhance knowledge about discriminatory immigration policy regarding Muslims, Latinos, and other members of groups allegedly disfavored by the Department of State (DOS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. The plaintiffs were two non-profit organizations: Council on American-Islamic Relations - Connecticut (CAIR-CT) and Mak…
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…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Franciscan Alliance, LLC v. Burwell

7:16-cv-00108 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 2016

Case Ongoing

On August 23, 2016, religiously-affiliated health organizations and five states (Texas, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Kentucky, and Kansas) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The plaintiffs sued the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Secretary under the Administrative Procedure Act and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act claiming violations of these Acts, as well as their First, Fifth, Tenth, and Eleventh Amendment rights. The plaintiff…
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…
EDUCATION
G.G. [Gavin Grimm] v. Gloucester County School Board

4:15-cv-00054 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: June 11, 2015

Closed Date: Aug. 27, 2021

On June 11, 2015, Gavin Grimm, a sixteen-year-old transgender boy filed this lawsuit against the Gloucester County School Board in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The plaintiff, represented by the national and Virginia ACLU, proceeded under Title IX and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He sought a preliminary and permanent injunction allowing him to use the boys' restroom at school, claiming that the school board's policy of requiring transgender students to use a private restroo…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Oregon Advocacy Center v. Mink

3:02-cv-00339 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: March 19, 2002

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon on March 19, 2002, by the Oregon Advocacy Center (“OAC”), representing criminal patients unable to stand trial due to mental illness; the Metropolitan Public Defender Services, Inc. (“MPD”); and a criminal patient who waited 23 days after being found unfit to stand trial before admittance to a proper mental health treatment facility. The plaintiffs sued the Oregon Department of Human Services (“DHS”) under the Protecti…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
J.L. v. Cissna

5:18-cv-04914 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2018

Closed Date: March 3, 2022

This class action lawsuit challenged changes during the Trump administration to the operation of Special Immigrant Juveniles (SIJ) Status program.  SIJ Status provides a pathway to lawful permanent residency in the U.S. for immigrants under the age of 21 who have been found dependent on a juvenile court because parental reunification is not possible and return to country of nationality is not in the juvenile's best interest.  Unlike other immigration remedies, which are processed solely before …
PUBLIC HOUSING
Cabrini-Green Local v. CHA

1:96-cv-06949 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 1996

Case Ongoing

On October 23, 1996, Cabrini-Green Local Advisory Council (LAC), a tenant organization that represents the tenants of Cabrini-Green, a family public housing development in Chicago, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Plaintiff sued the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) and its Executive Director under the Fair Housing Act, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, HOPE VI, the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, and the the Uniform Relocati…