Search for:
clear search

Docket Number

Key Dates

Filing Date

Settlement / Judgment Date

Terminating Date

Plaintiffs

Defendants

Case Details

Outcome

Issues

MORE▾

Document Details

Document Filing Date

MORE▾

Document Citation (Choose One)

Use this for most court reporters

S.Ct. reporter and WL only

LEXIS and L.Ed. only

Search for:
190 cases, 177 documents
Ordered by
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Trump

2:17-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 2022

This class action challenged President Trump's January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) which prohibited admission to the US for nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The plaintiffs commenced this lawsuit on February 7, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs were represented by the ACLU of Washington and private counsel. On November 29, 2017, this case was consolidated with Jewish Family Service of Seattle v. Trump, No…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Freedom of the Press Foundation v. U.S. Department of Justice

4:15-cv-03503 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 30, 2015

Closed Date: March 13, 2017

On July 30, 2015, the Freedom of the Press Foundation (a non-profit organization focusing on First Amendment press rights) sued the U.S. Department of Justice in the Northern District of California seeking injunctive relief under the Freedom of Information Act. Plaintiff sought the expedited processing and release of records from the FBI concerning the procedures by which the Bureau issues National Security Letters ("NSLs") and exigent letters to investigate members of the press. Plaintiff beli…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Noel v. New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission

1:11-cv-00237 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 13, 2011

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2020

On January 13, 2011, New York wheelchair users and several disability rights organizations filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the New York City Human Rights Law. Represented by Disabilities Right Advocates, the plaintiffs claimed the TLC failed to give meaningful access to per…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Peoples v. Fischer (Peoples v. Annucci)

1:11-cv-02694 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 18, 2011

Case Ongoing

On April 18, 2011, a prisoner formerly incarcerated at the New York State Green Haven Correctional Facility (GHCF) filed this pro se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the GHCF, the New York State Department of Correctional Services, and the Queens County District Attorney's Office. Bringing this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the plaintiff sought compensatory and punitive damages as well as declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the defen…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
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…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hugo Martin Recinos-Recinos v. Express Forestry Inc.

2:05-cv-01355 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 7, 2005

Case Ongoing

On April 7, 2005, attorneys with the Immigrant Justice Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on behalf of over 300 predominantly Guatemalan and Mexican migrant workers, admitted to work in the U.S. pursuant to H-2B temporary foreign worker visa program, who planted trees and performed other forestry-related activities for Express Forestry Inc. Plainti…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ashker v. Brown

4:09-cv-05796 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 2009

Case Ongoing

On December 9, 2009, two prisoners at California's Pelican Bay prison who had been kept in solitary confinement for decades filed this § 1983 action against the State of California in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs, originally proceeding pro se, asked the court for declaratory, injunctive, and compensatory relief, claiming violations of their First, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Specifically, the plaintiffs claimed that the "in…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hamama v. Adducci

2:17-cv-11910 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 15, 2017

Case Ongoing

Petitioners in this class action/habeas petition are Iraqi nationals—many, perhaps most, Chaldean Christian—who have resided in the United States for many years. They have been subject to final orders of removal for years, but the U.S. government permitted them to reside in the community under orders of supervision. In early 2017, political negotiation by the Trump administration with Iraq (related to Iraq's desire to be taken off the Trump Executive Order travel-ban list) led to Iraq’s agreeme…
EDUCATION
Biediger v. Quinnipiac University

3:09-cv-00621 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: April 16, 2009

Case Ongoing

In March 2009, Quinnipiac University announced plans to cut its women's volleyball team, men's golf team, and men's outdoor track team. At the same time, the University pledged to create a new varsity sport, competitive cheerleading, for the 2009-10 season. Plaintiffs, who were five current Quinnipiac women's varsity volleyball players and their coach, filed this lawsuit against Quinnipiac in response, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, on April 16, 2009. They were r…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Williams v. Niagara County

1:06-cv-00291 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: May 5, 2006

Case Ongoing

On May 5, 2006, Plaintiffs, represented by several private law firms, filed a 42 U.S.C. 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, challenging the constitutionality of the Niagara County Sheriff's blanket strip search policy. Specifically, Plaintiffs alleged that, following their arrests for petty crimes, they were subjected to the Sheriff's blanket policy of strip-searching all individuals who entered the Niagara County Jail, regardless of the c…