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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…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Rhode Island v. Trump

1:25-cv-00128 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: April 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged President Trump’s March 14, 2025, executive order directing seven congressionally created agencies, including the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), to cut their operations and expenditures to only those explicitly required by statute. Twenty-one U.S. states, which received hundreds of millions of dollars in grants and funding from the curtailed agencies and worked closely alongside those agencies on matters …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Zinski v. Liberty University, Inc.

6:24-cv-00041 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 29, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is a case alleging that Liberty University discriminated against a transgender employee. On July 29, 2024, the plaintiff filed this lawsuit against her former employer, Liberty University, in the United States District Court for the Western District Court of Virginia. The plaintiff alleged that after she came out to her employer as transgender, the University terminated her employment and cited her transgender status as the reason. Represented by private counsel and the ACLU of Virginia, t…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Mirabelli v. Olson

3:23-cv-00768 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: April 27, 2023

Case Ongoing

This is a case about parental notification rules related to transgender and gender non-conforming students in schools. On April 27, 2023, two middle school teachers sued the Escondido Union School District (EUSD), the California State Board of Education, and various associated officials in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California before Judge Roger T. Benitez, challenging the school district policy AR 5145.3. The challenged policy requires teachers and staff to r…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Xerxes Corporation

1:08-cv-01882 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 18, 2008

Closed Date: Oct. 28, 2011

In this case, a company was not found liable for the egregiously hostile work environment its Black employees endured because—per the Fourth Circuit—it responded in a way “reasonably calculated” to end the racial harassment. This lawsuit was brought on July 18, 2008, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Xerxes Corporation, a Minnesota-based manufacturer of fiberglass storage tanks. The EEOC alleged that three Blac…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Council of Nonprofits v. Office of Management and Budget

1:25-cv-00239 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the Trump Administration's authority to suspend congressionally-appropriated federal financial assistance during a review to ensure that the spending accords with Administration priorities. On January 28, 2025, the National Council of Nonprofits and several other private entities filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) under the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA"). Represent…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Meriwether v. Hartop

1:18-cv-00753 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Nov. 5, 2018

Closed Date: April 14, 2022

This lawsuit involves a First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment challenge to disciplinary policies at Shawnee State University. On November 5, 2018, a Shawnee State University philosophy professor sued the following entities and individuals at the University: the Trustees; the Interim President (also the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs); Acting Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences; Chair of the Department of English and Humanities; Title IX Coordinator; Deputy Title IX Coordin…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
W.M.M. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00059 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case is one of several lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport noncitizens without due process. You can see all of the cases here. In March 2025, President Trump issued Proclamation No. 10903, 90 Fed. Reg. 13034, invoking the Alien Enemies Act (AEA), 50 U.S.C. §21, to detain and remove Venezuelan nationals "who are members of TdA [a gang, Tren de Aragua]”  In J.G.G. v. Trump, twelve detainees and a putative class sought injunctive a…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Morris v. Sheriff of Allen County

1:20-cv-00034 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about incarcerated individuals experiencing overcrowding in their cells. This class action lawsuit was filed on January 21, 2020, contending that the chronically overcrowded conditions of the Allen County Jail in Indiana violates the inmates' rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. This action was brought under the 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff, a man held at the Allen County Jail,  was represented by ACLU of Indiana and private counsel. The plaintiff sued the sherif…
EDUCATION
American Federation of Teachers v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-00628 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the legality of the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights’ February 14, 2025 Dear Colleague Letter that advised educational institutions receiving federal funding to, among other things, stop teaching about systemic racism and race-related topics and ban all programming that supports Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Otherwise, they risked being deemed, or reported as, non-compliant and losing federal funding. (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of le…