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City of El Cenizo v. State of Texas

5:17-cv-00404 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: May 8, 2017

Case Ongoing

This suit challenged Texas's "Sanctuary City" legislation, Senate Bill 4 (SB4), which required local Texas law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration officials and punished them if they did not. Unlike the other suits in this special collection, this suit did not challenge President Trump's "Sanctuary City" Executive Order. At the time of this writing, there were three other cases addressing SB4 (in addition to this one). This case was before Judge Orlando L. Garcia, as was El Paso C…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Gutierrez v. Abbott

1:21-cv-00769 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Sept. 1, 2021

Closed Date: Oct. 4, 2022

This is a redistricting case challenging existing maps for the Texas House of Representatives and Senate districts.  On September 1, 2021, two Texas State Senators and the Tejano Democrats (a statewide political organization) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.  Plaintiffs sued Texas Governor and acting Texas Secretary of State under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution and the protections afforded by 42 U.S.C. § 1983.  Represen…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Robinson v. Shelby County Election

2:19-cv-02653 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2019

Closed Date: Jan. 30, 2020

This case challenged state and county officials’ interpretation of Tennessee’s “100 foot zone rule” to prohibit campaign workers from entering a polling location to use the restroom.  On September 25, 2019, a political organization, an African-American candidate for reelection, and two African-American campaign workers (one of whom alleged he has a disabling condition) filed this lawsuit in the Chancery Court of Tennessee for the Thirtieth Judicial District at Memphis.  The next day, defendants…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Donald J. Trump For President, v. Maggie Toulouse Oliver

1:20-cv-01289 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Dec. 14, 2020

Closed Date: Feb. 2, 2021

This case challenged changes to absentee and mail-in voting requirements made due to the Coronavirus pandemic, with specific focus on permitted ballot drop-off procedures.   On December 14, 2020, a campaign committee filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. Plaintiff sued the New Mexico Secretary of State, the Electors of New Mexico, and the State Canvassing Board of New Mexico. Plaintiff alleged violations of U.S. Constitution Article I, section 4 (Election…
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
DeOtte v. Azar

4:18-cv-00825 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 2018

Closed Date: Aug. 31, 2022

This case is a challenge to the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) contraceptive mandate under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). On October 6, 2018, four private plaintiffs and a health and wellness center filed this class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The plaintiffs sued the U.S. Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor under the RFRA and the APA (42 USC § 2000bb-1(c) and 5 USC § 70…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Weltner v. Raffensperger

1:20-cv-01407 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: March 31, 2020

Closed Date: July 21, 2020

This is a case challenging the state of Georgia’s cancellation of a Supreme Court seat election.  Associate Justice Keith R. Blackwell of the Supreme Court of Georgia served a term scheduled to end on December 31, 2020.  On February 26, 2020, Blackwell tendered his resignation effective November 18, 2020.  On March 1, 2020, Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia notified Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger that he intended to fill Justice Blackwell's office by appointment on the grounds that Justice …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Johnson v. Ardoin

3:18-cv-00625 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: June 13, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 13, 2020

This is a redistricting case challenging a 2011 Congressional Plan (Louisiana Revised Statute § 18:1276.1), arguing that such plan diluted African-American voting strength and denied African American voters in Louisiana the equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice for U.S. House of Representatives. On June 13, 2018, nine African-American registered voters in the State of Louisiana filed suit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. The Plaintiffs su…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Hooper v. City of St. Paul

0:17-cv-03442 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: July 30, 2017

Closed Date: March 13, 2020

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) After a series of interactions with the St. Paul Police Department, a deaf woman brought this action alleging that the City violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and state law by failing to effectively communicate with her because the City did not provide a certified ASL interpreter.
EDUCATION
Tennessee v. U.S. Department of Agriculture

3:22-cv-00257 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Filed Date: July 26, 2022

Closed Date: March 29, 2023

This case is about whether the Food and Nutrition Act (“FNA”) (7 U.S.C. § 2011, et seq.) and Title IX (20 U.S.C. § 1681, et seq.) permit states to categorically refuse low income individuals federally funded food-assistance benefits on the basis of gender identity. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”), through the Food and Nutrition Service (“FNS”), administers the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”). SNAP is implemented through cooperative grant agreements between the fed…