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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Aldridge v. Carowinds, LLC

3:17-cv-00708 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 24, 2018

This is a case about disability-based discrimination at an amusement park, preventing a family from full enjoyment of the facilities. On December 6, 2017, Plaintiffs sued under Title III of the ADA in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Charlotte Division, and this litigation resulted in a confidential settlement in their favor. The plaintiffs were represented by Disability Rights North Carolina.  The defendants, Carowinds LLC, Cedar Fair L.P. , Cedar Fair Southw…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
National Association of Immigration Judges v. Neal

1:20-cv-00731 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 1, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case challenged a policy of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) which placed restrictions on immigration judges who wish to speak or write publicly in their personal capacities about certain topics. The 2017 policy imposed a preapproval requirement on all immigration judges who wished to speak at public events in their personal capacities. The 2020 policy, which replaced the 2017 policy, said that immigration judges were prohibited from speaking in their personal capacities …
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops v. United States Department of State

1:25-cv-00465 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the U.S. Department of State’s (DOS) suspension of federal funding awards to and termination of cooperative agreements with non-governmental organizations that partnered with the government to provide refugee resettlement assistance through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP). DOS claimed these actions were consistent with President Trump’s January 20, 2025 Executive Order 14169 “Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid” (EO 14169).  On February 18, 202…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Wilcox v. Trump

1:25-cv-00334 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

This is a challenge to the second Trump administration's termination of Gwynne Wilcox, the Chair of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of civil-service-related legal challenges to the second Trump administration, click here.) The plaintiff in this case was fired on January 27, 2025 by President Trump from her positions as Chair and member of the National Labor Relations Board, even though her term was not set to expire until 2028.  She filed this l…
EDUCATION
State of Tennessee v. Cardona

2:24-cv-00072 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: April 30, 2024

Case Ongoing

In this case, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Virginia and West Virginia challenged the U.S. Department of Education’s regulation (the “Rule”) which interpreted Title IX’s definition of sex discrimination to include discrimination based on gender identity, expanded the definition of harassment, and incorporated a de minimis harm standard for determining sex discrimination. The Rule went into effect on August 1, 2024, but has been enjoined from enforcement in several states due to this case …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Manning v. Hagel

1:14-cv-01609 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 23, 2014

Closed Date: May 22, 2017

This case concerns allegations of denial of medically necessary treatment by an incarcerated transgender individual. This lawsuit was filed September 23, 2014, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the United States Department of Defense, the Secretary of Defense, the United States Army, and other named officials. Plaintiff is a transgender woman who was serving a 35-year sentence at the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Plaintif…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Black Polaski v. Stein

7:24-cv-00004 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Jan. 4, 2024

Case Ongoing

In January 2024, two paralegals and the non-profit North Carolina Justice for All Project, filed this lawsuit challenging North Carolina's prohibition on nonlawyers providing any legal advice. The plaintiffs, represented by the Institute for Justice and private counsel, claimed the prohibition prevented them from providing simple legal advice to North Carolinians about how to properly fill in common, court-created legal forms. They sued under 42 USC § 1983, alleging that the ban violated their …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
W.M.M. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00059 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case is one of several lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport noncitizens without due process. You can see all of the cases here. In March 2025, President Trump issued Proclamation No. 10903, 90 Fed. Reg. 13034, invoking the Alien Enemies Act (AEA), 50 U.S.C. §21, to detain and remove Venezuelan nationals "who are members of TdA [a gang, Tren de Aragua]”  In J.G.G. v. Trump, twelve detainees and a putative class sought injunctive a…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Morris v. Sheriff of Allen County

1:20-cv-00034 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about incarcerated individuals experiencing overcrowding in their cells. This class action lawsuit was filed on January 21, 2020, contending that the chronically overcrowded conditions of the Allen County Jail in Indiana violates the inmates' rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. This action was brought under the 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff, a man held at the Allen County Jail,  was represented by ACLU of Indiana and private counsel. The plaintiff sued the sherif…
EDUCATION
American Federation of Teachers v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-00628 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the legality of the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights’ February 14, 2025 Dear Colleague Letter that advised educational institutions receiving federal funding to, among other things, stop teaching about systemic racism and race-related topics and ban all programming that supports Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Otherwise, they risked being deemed, or reported as, non-compliant and losing federal funding. (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of le…