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NAACP v. Lee

3:20-cv-01039 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Dec. 3, 2020

Case Ongoing

 The following was a case that challenged Tennessee’s voting rights restoration process for those convicted of felonies. On December 3, 2020, this class action suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. It challenged the state's statutory scheme for restoring the voting rights of people with felony convictions. The plaintiffs included the NAACP and several individuals who had been convicted of felonies. Defendants included Tennessee’s governor, the Commissio…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Graveline v. Johnson

2:18-cv-12354 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: July 27, 2018

Closed Date: Aug. 18, 2021

This case related to whether Michigan's signature requirement for a candidate to be placed on the ballot was constitutional in that they were narrowly tailored to serve a state interest.  On July 27, 2018, a no-party-affiliation candidate for the office of Michigan Attorney General and supportive voters filed a complaint against the Secretary State of Michigan and the Michigan Bureau of Elections. The Complaint alleged that an early candidate filing deadline and a requirement that submission of…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Betances v. Fischer

1:11-cv-03200 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 11, 2011

Case Ongoing

On May 11, 2011, three individuals given extrajudicial sentences of post-release supervision filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The named defendants were the New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) and the New York State Division of Parole (DOP). They claimed that the defendants administratively assigned sentences of post-release supervision (PRS) and that only a judge could impose an additio…
POLICING
United States v. Puerto Rico

3:12-cv-02039 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2012

Case Ongoing

On December 21, 2012, after a thorough investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its police department pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The Government alleged that the Puerto Rico Police Bureau (PRPB) violated the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments by engaging in unlawful patterns and practices. Filed along with the complaint was…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Augustine v. Avoyelles Parish

1:06-cv-01662 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2006

Closed Date: Oct. 18, 2010

On September 26, 2006, three plaintiffs, who are all African American and registered voters of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Defendants include the Avoyelles Parish Police Jury and the nine members of the Policy Jury in their official capacities. The case was assigned to the Honorable Dee D. Drell, United District Judge. Plaintiffs alleged that Defendants violated the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments of the Constitut…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v. North Carolina State Board of Electors

1:16-cv-01274 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Oct. 31, 2016

Closed Date: Dec. 20, 2019

This is a case about the en mass cancelation of voter registrations by local boards of elections in North Carolina prior to the November 8, 2016 election. Shortly before the federal general election in 2016, boards of elections (BOEs) in at least three North Carolina counties, including Beaufort, Moore, and Cumberland counties, canceled thousands of voters’ registrations based on challenges by private individuals. The private individuals claimed that because a piece of mail was returned as unde…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Allen v. Waller County, Texas

4:18-cv-03985 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 12, 2018

Closed Date: April 14, 2022

This case involved allegations that county officials failed to allocate sufficient time for early voting during the 2018 general election cycle to Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) (a historically Black university) in the State of Texas as compared to the other surrounding areas. Individual students and a student and alumni organization PVAMU, represented by NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund attorneys, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas Houston Div…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Toth v. Chapman

1:22-cv-00208 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2022

Closed Date: Feb. 11, 2022

This is a fast-paced case about redistricting and the drawing of congressional maps in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania following the results of the decennial census in which Pennsylvania lost one congressional seat. The case was filed in the Middle District of Pennsylvania on February 10, 2022, one day after the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania announced that it was suspending the General Primary Election calendar codified in 25 Pa. Stat. §§ 2868 and 2873.  Bringing the case were four registered …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
League of Women Voters of Tennessee v. Hargett

3:19-cv-00385 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: May 9, 2019

Closed Date: Oct. 26, 2020

This is a case about voter registration restrictions. Specifically, the case addresses a Tennessee law that imposed restrictions on third-party voter registration organizations. On May 9, 2019, The League of Women Voters of Tennessee, the League of Women Voters of Tennessee Education Fund, the American Muslim Advisory Council, Mid-South Peace and Justice Center, Rock the Vote, and Spread the Vote filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee against…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Vaughan v. Lewisville Independent School District

4:19-cv-00109 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2019

Closed Date: June 12, 2023

This is a case about the structure of the at-large district for the election of school board members for the Lewisville Independent School District ("Lewisville ISD") in Lewisville, Texas. On February 12, 2019, an individual voter in Lewisville Texas filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The plaintiff sued the Lewisville ISD and the individual board members of the Lewisville ISD in their official capacities. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff so…