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Climate United Fund v. Citibank

1:25-cv-00698 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 8, 2025

This case challenged the freezing of federal grant funds meant for green infrastructure projects. On March 8, 2025, the Climate United Fund filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Citibank, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the EPA Administrator. Plaintiffs sought injunctive and declaratory relief, claiming that the defendants unlawfully blocked access to grant funds that had already been awarded and disbursed. The case was assigned to Judg…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Reversed

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)

EDUCATION
San Francisco Unified School District v. AmeriCorps

3:25-cv-02425 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 10, 2025

In early 2025, the Trump Administration published a series of Executive Orders aimed at reshaping federal policy, particularly concerning Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. These included Executive Order 14151, "Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing," Executive Order 14168, "Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government," Executive Order 14173, "Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring M…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Lighthiser v. Trump

2:25-cv-00054 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: May 29, 2025

This case challenges Executive Order 14154, “Unleashing American Energy,” Executive Order 14156, “Declaring a National Energy Emergency,” and Executive Order 14261, “Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241,” issued by President Donald Trump. On May 29, 2025, twenty-two citizens from or residing in Montana filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Montana against President Donald Trump, the United States, and seve…

Case Is Ongoing

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Sierra Club v. Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-01112 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration’s authority to remove information about climate change and environmental justice from government websites without notice. On April 14, 2025, the Sierra Club, the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Environmental Integrity Project, and California Communities Against Toxics, four environmental and science research nonprofits, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Plaintiffs sued the Environmental Protection Agency …

Preliminary Injunction Denied

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…
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

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
White v. Sweeney

3:19-cv-03181 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 31, 2019

Closed Date: Aug. 26, 2021

This is a case about alleged civil rights violations stemming from an arrest related to a stolen vehicle title. On July 13, 2019, an individual filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, Springfield Division. The individual sued a Rochester, Illinois Police Officer and the Illinois Secretary of State Police Investigator under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for deprivation of rights. The individual, appearing pro se, sought unspecified money damages. The individual cla…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Miller v. Dunkerton

3:16-cv-00724 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: May 13, 2016

Closed Date: March 21, 2017

On April 27, 2016, Plaintiff, a voter in Brookfield, Connecticut, filed this lawsuit in the Connecticut Superior Court against the Republican Registrar of Voters for the Town of Brookfield, Connecticut after not being re-enrolled on the town Republican Party voter rolls. Plaintiff alleged that her constitutional rights were violated, including her right to due process of law and her right to freedom of association.   The following month, on May 13, Defendant removed the case to the District of …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Miller v. Hughs

1:19-cv-01071 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Nov. 1, 2019

Closed Date: July 10, 2020

This case is about a Texas statute, Tex. Elec. Code § 12.082(a), that requires candidates of the same political party of the last elected Governor to appear first on general election ballots for every partisan race. On November 1, 2019, a registered Texas voter, the Texas Democratic Party, and three national Democratic committees filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. They sued the Texas Secretary of State under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Because extensive acade…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)