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POLICING
Abay v. Denver

1:20-cv-01616 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: June 4, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 25, 2023

This class-action suit was brought in Colorado state court on June 4, 2020. That same day, the case was removed by the defendants to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The complaint was filed in response to police tactics used against protesters in Denver following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN. Plaintiffs were individuals who participated in, observed, or wanted to participate in or observe the protests; they were represented by private counsel. The c…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights Texas v. Mansfield Independant School District

4:14-cv-00715 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2014

Closed Date: Feb. 25, 2015

This case is about a Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency’s access authority. On August 28, 2014, Disability Rights Texas (DRTx) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas against Mansfield Independent School District (MISD). Plaintiff alleged that defendant violated the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act), the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act (PAIMI Act), and the Protection and Advocacy of Ind…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Common Cause/New York v. Brehm

1:17-cv-06770 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 6, 2017

Closed Date: Jan. 13, 2020

This is a case about a New York state law that removed inactive, but still registered, voters from voter lists at polling stations when those voters changed residences. On September 6, 2017, Common Cause/New York filed a complaint in the Southern District of New York against officials of the New York State Board of Elections alleging that their practice of labeling voters as inactive based on a change of residence and their removal of those voters from poll books at voting sites violated Sectio…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Allen v. Waller County, Texas

4:18-cv-03985 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 12, 2018

Closed Date: April 14, 2022

This case involved allegations that county officials failed to allocate sufficient time for early voting during the 2018 general election cycle to Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) (a historically Black university) in the State of Texas as compared to the other surrounding areas. Individual students and a student and alumni organization PVAMU, represented by NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund attorneys, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas Houston Div…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Donald J. Trump For President, Inc. v. Benson

1:20-cv-01083 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Nov. 11, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 19, 2020

This case is about allegations that Wayne County, which includes Detroit, did not follow Michigan’s election code during the November 2020 presidential election by preventing election challengers from observing the processing and counting of ballots and by purportedly counting ineligible ballots. On November 11, 2020, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., the campaign committee for the reelection of President Trump and Vice President Pence, along with seven individuals who were credentialed elec…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Twelfth Congressional District Republican Committee v. Raffensperger

1:20-cv-00180 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 2020

Closed Date: March 31, 2021

This case is about certain voting rules and procedures regarding absentee ballots in the state of Georgia. On December 9, 2020, The Twelfth Congressional District Republican Committee, along with registered voters from Richmond County and Coffee County, Georgia, respectively, and a third Georgia resident, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. The plaintiffs sued three members of the Georgia State Election Board (“SEB”) and five members of t…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Garza v. Vera

7:18-cv-00046 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2018

Closed Date: May 12, 2021

This is a case about the constitutionality of electioneering and property use policies adopted by Starr County, Texas.   On January 8, 2018, Starr County adopted an order (the “County Order”) banning electioneering on all property owned by, or under the control of, the County.  After the County failed to address multiple requests for clarifications on the meaning and practical implementation of the County Order, on February 21, 2018, two politically active Starr County residents filed a lawsuit…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Caswell v. Horton

4:23-cv-01380 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Oct. 13, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case is about the alleged callous indifference exhibited by corrections officers to an incarcerated woman during the course of her high-risk pregnancy, particularly the failure to provide needed medical care and basic accommodations.  On October 13, 2023, a private plaintiff filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Alabama, Middle Division. She sued Etowah County, the Etowah County Sheriff, the Etowah County Chief of Administration, Doctors’ Care Physicians…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
League of Women Voters of Tennessee v. Hargett

3:19-cv-00385 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: May 9, 2019

Closed Date: Oct. 26, 2020

This is a case about voter registration restrictions. Specifically, the case addresses a Tennessee law that imposed restrictions on third-party voter registration organizations. On May 9, 2019, The League of Women Voters of Tennessee, the League of Women Voters of Tennessee Education Fund, the American Muslim Advisory Council, Mid-South Peace and Justice Center, Rock the Vote, and Spread the Vote filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee against…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Alabama State Conference v. Pleasant Grove, City Of

2:18-cv-02056 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Dec. 13, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is a case about alleged voter dilution of Black voters in the City of Pleasant Grove, Alabama.  On December 13, 2018, the Alabama NAACP along with two registered voters (collectively, the "Plaintiffs") filed a complaint against the City of Pleasant Grove, the members of City council, and the mayor of the City.  The complaint alleged that the Defendants' use of an at-large, numbered-place method of electing the members of City council violated (a) Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act ("VRA"),…