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EDUCATION
Students for Fair Admissions v. United States Military Academy at West Point

7:23-cv-08262 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 19, 2023

Case Ongoing

On September 19, 2023, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), a nonprofit group founded on the premise that race-based college admissions are unconstitutional, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. This case was assigned to District Judge Philip M. Halpern and Magistrate Judge Judith C. McCarthy. SFFA sued the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the U.S. Department of Defense and alleged that their use of racial benchmarks in admissions decisions…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
City of College Park v. City of Atlanta

1:08-cv-01464 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 18, 2008

Case Ongoing

This case concerns the City of Atlanta’s acquisition of property near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and its impact on the voting population of the City of College Park, a municipality separate of Atlanta near the airport and with a majority African-American population.  On April 18, 2008, the plaintiffs, the City of College Park and a councilperson in College Park’s fourth ward, represented by private counsel, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northe…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Colon-Marrero v. Conty-Perez

3:12-cv-01749 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2012

Closed Date: Jan. 30, 2015

This case concerned the Puerto Rico State Election Commission's alleged illegal removal of electors from the electoral register.   On September 12, 2012, a citizen of the United States of America residing in Puerto Rico filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico against the President and the Commissioners of Puerto Rico’s State Elections Commission (“SEC”). The case was presided by District Judge Carmen Consuelo Cerezo. On September 21, 2012, another resident …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Marshall v. Clark

8:18-cv-01510 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: June 22, 2018

Closed Date: Aug. 3, 2018

This case involved multiple challenges to Florida election law, including allegations that the state’s closed primary elections and certain filing and fee deadlines for petitions to place independent candidates on primary and general election ballots violate both a prospective candidate’s and voter’s constitutional rights of free speech and association. Plaintiff, an attorney and a registered voter in Florida interested in running for United States Congress in the 2018 election cycle as an inde…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Thomas v. Hosemann

2:08-cv-00241 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Nov. 3, 2008

Closed Date: Dec. 17, 2008

This case was brought by electors of ten different states seeking to investigate whether all candidates for 2008 election of the President and Vice-President of the United States qualified as “Natural Born” citizens under Article II of the Constitution in the 2008 election.   On November 3, 2008, the plaintiffs sued the Mississippi Secretary of State in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs asked for a declarato…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Missouri State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Ferguson-Florissant School District

4:14-cv-02077 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Dec. 18, 2014

Case Ongoing

This is a voter dilution case that challenged an at-large election system utilized by the Ferguson Florissant School District in the State of Missouri to elect members to its School Board.  On December 18, 2014, the Missouri State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and certain African American residents and registered voters of the District filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Plaintiffs sued Ferguson-Florissa…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
City of Pleasant Grove v. United States

1:80-02589 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 9, 1980

Closed Date: Jan. 21, 1987

This is a case about an annexed municipality being refused pre-clearance under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.  In 1980, The City of Pleasant Grove (plaintiff) filed an action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia “seeking declaratory judgment that the annexation by the city of certain land did not have ‘the purpose of effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color.’  The Attorney General (defendant) denied preclearance for the annexat…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. State of North Carolina

5:06-cv-00118 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: March 16, 2006

Closed Date: Dec. 18, 2006

This case is about enforcing the rights granted by the Uniform and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 1973ff et seq., which provides that absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters shall be permitted “to use registration procedures and to vote by absentee ballot in general, special, primary, and runoff elections for Federal office.”  42 U.S.C. § 1973ff-1.   On March 16, 2006, the United States filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eas…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Ohio Legal Rights Service v. Sunshine Group Home

1:12-cv-00502 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: June 29, 2012

Closed Date: Sept. 24, 2012

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency’s records access authority. The case began in May 2012, when a former resident of an adult care facility complained to Ohio P&A (plaintiff) about the conditions of the home and abuse and neglect that occurred there. Plaintiff initiated its own investigation and spoke with current and former residents and, with their consent, requested the records of those individuals from the facility. The facility refused to grant access.   On June 29…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Coleman v. Brown

2:90-cv-00520 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: April 23, 1990

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action for California prisoners with mental illness. After a three-judge court denied a motion for a prisoner release order as premature, plaintiffs sought relief before a single district judge. Relief has been achieved to an extent. The defendants have continued to comply with the broader injunction while staying mindful of the public health demands of the pandemic. In particular, the parties have been able to reach agreements concerning quarantine and isolati…