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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Associated Press v. Budowich

1:25-cv-00532 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case is about the White House’s barring of the Associated Press (AP) from certain press access areas due to the AP’s refusal to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14172 renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. On February 21, 2025 the Associated Press, represented by private counsel, brought this suit against the White House Deputy Chief of Staff, the Chief of Staff, and the White House Press Sec…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Does v. Snyder (Does II)

2:16-cv-13137 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2016

Closed Date: May 5, 2022

This case involved a class action lawsuit on behalf of all people required to register under Michigan’s Sex Offender Registry Act (SORA). On August 30, 2016, the plaintiff filed this lawsuit on behalf of himself and similarly situated plaintiffs in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division against the governor of Michigan and the director of the Michigan State Police under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Represented by private co…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Abrego Garcia v. Noem

8:25-cv-00951 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

On March 15, 2025, as reported by several news outlets, the second Trump administration deported almost 300 noncitizens—mostly Venezuelan nationals and some Salvadoran nationals—to El Salvador without going through any legal process in front of an immigration judge. Upon arrival, they were sent to the country’s mega-prison, the Terrorism Confinement Center or CECOT. This lawsuit challenged the deportation of one of the Salvadoran nationals, who had actually won protection from removal several y…
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 …
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius

5:12-cv-01000 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2012

Closed Date: Sept. 4, 2014

This case was about whether private companies were entitled to a religious exception to covering emergency contraception under the Affordable Care Act. Please note that this case was previously titled Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores. Sylvia Burwell was automatically substituted as petitioner when she was approved by the U.S. Senate as the Secretary of Health and Human Services after being nominated by President Barack Obama to replace Kathleen Sebelius following Sebelius' resignation on Apr. 10,…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Pars Equality Center v. Pompeo

18-cv-07818 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 31, 2018

Case Ongoing

On July 31, 2018, two nonprofit organizations and fifteen individuals filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, challenging the Trump Administration's implementation of the waiver provision of the Travel Ban (Presidential Proclamation No. 9645). The Travel Ban indefinitely banned millions of nationals of five Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. Pars Equality Center and OneAmerica are immigrant and refugee advocacy o…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Welch v. Brown

2:12-cv-02484 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2012

Closed Date: Jan. 31, 2017

This case challenged a California law (SB 1772) that prohibited mental health providers from engaging in “sexual orientation change efforts” with patients under 18 years of age. SB 1172 defined “sexual orientation change efforts” to include any practices that sought to change not only sexual orientation, but also behavior and gender expression. It also provided that mental health providers who violated the prohibition would be subject to discipline.  The plaintiffs are a group of mental health …
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Chicago Women in Trades v. Trump

1:25-cv-02005 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged Trump’s Executive Orders 14151 and 14173, which aimed to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. The plaintiffs were the Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT), a nonprofit organization that supports women entering skilled trades. They filed suit on February 26, 2025 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, the U.S. Department o…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
PFLAG, Inc. v. Donald J. Trump

8:25-cv-00337 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenges the legality of two executive orders issued by President Trump, EO 14168 and EO 14187. The EOs aimed to restrict access to gender-affirming medical care for transgender individuals under the age of nineteen. On February 4, 2025, PFLAG Inc., alongside the American Association of Physicians for Human Rights (GLMA) and several individual plaintiffs, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The plaintiffs sued President Trump, the U.S…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
U.S. v. State of California

2:18-cv-00490 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: March 6, 2018

Closed Date: April 6, 2021

This case challenged California's "sanctuary city" state laws. The United States federal government filed this suit on March 6, 2018 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The case was assigned to Judge John A. Mendez and Magistrate Kendall J. Newman. This lawsuit comes after a series of lawsuits filed by California jurisdictions challenging the federal government's sanctuary city policies, which deny federal funding to jurisdictions that impede the federal governmen…