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Betances v. Fischer

1:11-cv-03200 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 11, 2011

On May 11, 2011, three individuals given extrajudicial sentences of post-release supervision filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The named defendants were the New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) and the New York State Division of Parole (DOP). They claimed that the defendants administratively assigned sentences of post-release supervision (PRS) and that only a judge could impose an additio…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Luevano v. Ezell

1:79-cv-00271 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 29, 1979

Closed Date: Aug. 1, 2025

This is a long-standing case about equal employment in the federal civil service. The case was originally brought in 1979 by nonprofit counsel against the then Director of the Officer of Personnel Management (OPM) as a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The applicants had filed suit, claiming that the Professional and Administrative Career Examination (PACE) violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Plaintiffs alleged that PACE, …

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

DISABILITY RIGHTS
Day v. District of Columbia

1:10-cv-02250 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 2010

The plaintiffs, institutionalized individuals in the District of Columbia with disabilities, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on December 23, 2010. The complaint alleged that the District of Columbia had policies and procedures that force the unnecessary institutionalization of people with disabilities who could live in the community with appropriate services. The plaintiffs claimed that these policies, which erected barriers to receiving long-term care…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Corporation for Public Broadcasting v. Trump

1:25-cv-01305 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 28, 2025

On April 29, 2025, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), its board, and three individual board members filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against President Donald Trump, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and its Director, the White House Presidential Personnel Office and its Director, and the Deputy Director of Presidential Personnel for the Executive Office of the President of the United States. They challenged defendants' purported termi…

Preliminary Injunction Denied

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
RFE/RL, Inc. v. Lake [Radio Free Europe]

1:25-cv-00799 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 18, 2025

This lawsuit challenged the Trump administration’s withholding of congressionally appropriated funding from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a private nonprofit journalism organization established by Congress to promote press freedom abroad. On March 18, 2025, RFE/RL filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), Kari Lake (Senior Advisor to USAGM’s acting CEO), and Victor Morales (Acting CEO of USAGM), alleg…

Temporary Restraining Order Granted

Appeal Dismissed

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Newsom v. Trump

3:25-cv-04870 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 9, 2025

This case challenged the federal deployment of the California National Guard to protect federal property and immigration officials from protesters in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. On June 9, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom and the State of California filed suit in the Northern District of North California, challenging recent actions by President Trump in deploying the National Guard in the Los Angeles area. On June 6, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers carried out multiple e…

Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
League Of Women Voters of South Dakota v. Noem

4:22-cv-04085 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: June 28, 2022

Closed Date: Jan. 27, 2023

This case is about the League of Women Voters of South Dakota and the League of Women Voters of the United States (collectively, the “League”) and two private plaintiffs asserting that South Dakota Senate Bill 180 (“SB180”) would limit petition circulators who contact voters of proposed ballots measures to residents of South Dakota who have lived in the state for more than 30 days, severely restricting voters’ access to ballot measures and voter-engagement organizations’ ability to engage in po…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Democratic National Committee v. Republican National Committee

2:81-cv-03876 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Dec. 14, 1981

Closed Date: Jan. 29, 2019

On October 28, 2004, the Democratic National Committee (“DNC”) filed this complaint to reopen this case and seek preliminary and permanent injunctive and declaratory relief against the Defendant Republican National Committee (“RNC”).  Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey previously entered two Consent Decrees and an Order to restrain the ballot security and ballot integrity activities of the RNC after the committee sent out mass mailing…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Edmond v. City of Chicago

1:17-cv-04858 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: June 29, 2017

Closed Date: July 8, 2024

This case concerns allegations of race discrimination against employees of the City of Chicago. It was filed on June 29, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and assigned to District Judge Joan B. Gottschall. Seven Black employees from the Department of Water Management, represented by private counsel, sued the city and several officials. Plaintiffs alleged a hostile work environment and discrimination in violation of the Equal Protection Clause. Black employee…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Abramowitz v. Lake

1:25-cv-00887 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 26, 2025

This case challenged the Trump administration’s effective shutdown of Voice of America (VOA) and its grantee networks following Executive Order 14238, “Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy.” On March 26, 2025, VOA Director Michael Abramowitz and three senior staff filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), Senior Advisor Kari Lake, and Acting CEO Victor Morales. Represented by private counsel, plain…

Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending