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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Association of American Universities v. Department of Defense

1:25-cv-11740 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: June 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the Department of Defense’s (DOD) attempt to slash indirect cost funding for DOD-funded research projects. Indirect costs are those which are incurred by research institutions in general, but which are difficult to attribute to a specific project; anything from administrative staff to computer systems to nuclear-rated facilities qualifies as an indirect cost. Since 1965, indirect costs at research institutions have been partially subsidized by the federal agencies that comm…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Menocal v. The GEO Group, Inc.

1:14-cv-02887 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Oct. 22, 2014

Case Ongoing

On October 22, 2014, current and former civil immigration detainees housed at the Aurora Detention Facility filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The plaintiffs sued The GEO Group, Inc., a private company that provides detention and correction services under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) 18 U.S.C. § 1589, and state law. The plaintiffs, represented by several public interest law firms, sought monetary damages. The plaintiffs alle…
EDUCATION
Austin v. Lamb

1:25-cv-00016 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Jan. 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging Florida's Senate Bill 266, which bans public universities from spending state or federal money on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and bans courses that teach “identity politics” or “distort significant historical events.” On January 16, 2026, six professors from Florida’s public universities—represented by the ACLU of Florida and private counsel—filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida against the Florida Board of Gover…
EDUCATION
Oklahoma v. Cardona

5:24-cv-00461 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: May 6, 2024

Case Ongoing

This case is a challenge to the Biden administration's interpretation of Title IX. On April 19, 2024, the Department of Education announced an interpretation of Title IX ("the Final Rule"), to go into effect on August 1, 2024, that gave LGBTQ+ students and others explicit protection from sex discrimination “based on sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity.” The Final Rule also broadened the definition of prohibited harassmen…
EDUCATION
State of Texas v. The United States of America

2:24-cv-00086 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 29, 2024

Case Ongoing

This case involves an attempt to block new Title IX rules from going into effect. On April 19, 2024, the Biden administration introduced its "Final Rule," which clarifies the interpretation of Title IX to broaden protections against sex discrimination in education. Texas filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on April 29, 2024, against the United States of America, the U.S. Secretary of Education, the U.S. Department of Education, the Assistant Secretary f…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Catholic Charities v. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

2:19-cv-11661 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 5, 2019

Closed Date: March 21, 2022

This case is about a new policy implemented in 2019 by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) to exclude Catholic charities from serving in the foster system unless they affirmatively recommend same-sex couples as foster and adoptive parents. In January 2017, two same sex couples had filed lawsuits against DHHS and CSA to prohibit agencies from contracting with faith-based providers who don’t recommend or license same-sex couples as foster and adoptive parents. See Dumont …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Williams v. Quinn

1:05-cv-04673 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 2005

Case Ongoing

On August 15, 2005, residents of an intermediate care facility (IMD) with mental illness filed a lawsuit under the Supreme Court's decision in Olmstead, the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act against various Illinois state officials in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and legal services, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that they were needlessly…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
RFE/RL, Inc. v. Lake [Radio Free Europe]

1:25-cv-00799 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the Trump Administration’s freezing of Congressionally appropriated funds to the plaintiff, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a nonprofit journalism organization. The plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and Judge Royce C. Lamberth was appointed to the case. RFA sued the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) along with agency heads. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as …
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
West Alabama Women's Center v. Marshall

2:23-cv-00450 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: July 31, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case is the result of a consolidation of two lawsuits about reproductive rights in Alabama. On July 31, 2023, the Alabama Women's Center and the West Alabama Women's Center, two reproductive health care facilities, filed their lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. On the same day, the Yellowhammer Fund, a reproductive rights organization, filed a similar lawsuit in the same court. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU, the Lawyering Project, and …
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Naretto v. City of Petaluma

3:21-cv-10027 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 5, 2021

Closed Date: June 7, 2022

This lawsuit was filed on October 5, 2021, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Plaintiffs, representative of the residents of Steamer Landing Park camp, filed an ex parte application for a temporary restraining order (TRO) and preliminary injunction. Plaintiffs requested that the court halt the expulsion of homeless persons from Steamer Landing Park by granting a TRO and preliminary injunction against the defendants' criminalization of homelessness pursuant to Pe…