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Corporation for Public Broadcasting v. Federal Emergency Management Agency

1:25-cv-00740 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 13, 2025

This suit challenged the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) repeated blocking of grant reimbursements under the Congressionally-funded Next Generation Warning System (NGWS), a program to modernize the nation’s emergency alert infrastructure. On March 13, 2025, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against FEMA and its acting administrator Cameron Hamilton. The case was assigned to Judge Timothy J. Kelly…

Preliminary Injunction Denied

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United States v. Dugan

2:25-cr-00089 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

This case was a highly unusual federal criminal prosecution of a sitting state court judge—who was alleged by the Trump Administration to have interfered with an immigration arrest. On April 24, 2025, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Wisconsin indicted Wisconsin Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan on two counts: (1) obstruction of a federal administrative proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 1505, and (2) concealment of a person from arrest under 18 U.S.C. § 1071. The case was assigned to U.S. Di…

Case Is Ongoing

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Deep South Today v. Murrill

3:24-cv-00623 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: July 31, 2024

[This summary is temporary while we research this case.] On July 31, 2024, Louisiana journalists filed suit against Louisiana government officials in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. On May 24, 2024, Louisiana enacted a law that abridges that critical function of the press: HB 173, Act 259 of the 2024 Regular Session. In relevant part, the Act makes it a criminal offense to “knowingly or intentionally approach within twenty-five feet of a peace officer who is lawfully e…

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appeal Pending

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Tesla, Inc.

4:23-cv-04984 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2023

This case regards alleged racial harassment at a Tesla manufacturing facility in California. On September 28, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of over 1,000 Black employees of the Tesla manufacturing facility in Fremont, CA. The employees alleged pervasive racial harassment since at least 2015, including epithets, stereotyping, and imagery and graffiti. They also allegedly experi…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Eggers v. Evnen

4:22-cv-03089 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: May 16, 2022

Closed Date: Oct. 13, 2022

This case is about Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana (“NMM”), an incorporated nonprofit entity and a ballot campaign committee, and a paid contractor, volunteer, and sponsor of NMM, seeking to enjoin Nebraska Secretary of State from enforcing the unconstitutional multicounty signature distribution requirement of Article III, Section 2 of the Nebraska Constitution. On May 16, 2022, the plaintiffs commenced this civil rights action in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska u…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Jabbour v. Merrill

1:20-cv-00034 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 2020

Closed Date: March 25, 2020

On January 21, 2020, one individual plaintiff and National Defense Committee (“NDC”) filed a suit against the Alabama Secretary of State and the Mobile County Board of Registrars, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to redress defendants’ alleged violations of the Fourteenth Amendment and the First Amendment due to defendants’ use of ranked choice ballots. This action challenged Alabama’s Instant Runoff Primary Election scheme, or the Ranked Choice Voting scheme (“RCV Scheme”) for voters …
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
Thompson v. State of Alabama

2:16-cv-00783 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2016

Closed Date: May 25, 2023

A voting rights organization and several convicted felons filed putative class action against the Alabama Secretary of State, chair of county board of registrars, and chair of Board of Pardons and Paroles, alleging that the amendment to state constitution disenfranchising persons convicted of felonies involving moral turpitude violated Equal Protection and Ex Post Facto Clauses, and that Alabama's mail voting registration form violated National Voting Registration Act (NVRA).  The Supreme Court…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Libertarian Party of Connecticut v. Merrill

3:20-cv-00467 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: April 4, 2020

Closed Date: April 29, 2021

This is a case about the constitutionality of Connecticut’s petitioning process for unaffiliated and minor party candidates who did not have automatic ballot access during the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 4, 2020, the Libertarian Party of Connecticut (“LPCT”) and LPCT-nominated candidates for State Senate and United States Congress jointly filed suit against the Secretary of State and Governor of Connecticut in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. The case was assigned to Dis…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Duncan v. Louisiana State

2:15-cv-05486 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Oct. 27, 2015

Closed Date: May 26, 2016

This was a case about alleged denial of the right to vote. On October 27, 2015, an individual sued the State of Louisiana, the Louisiana Secretary of State Office, Louisiana Secretary of State, Tangipahoa Parish Council, Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court Office, Tangipahoa Parish Registrar of Voters Office, and Tangipahoa Parish Registrar of Voters in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The individual asserted claims under 18 U.S.C. § 96, 42 U.S.C. § 207(a), 42 U.S.C. …