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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…
EDUCATION
Simpson-Vlach v. Michigan Department of Education

5:21-cv-11532 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 30, 2021

Closed Date: Feb. 20, 2024

This is a putative class action suit brought by and on behalf of children with disabilities who alleged that they did not get their educational needs met by their schools due to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 30, 2021, the plaintiffs—children with disabilities and their parents—filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs sued the Michigan Department of Education (MDE), Ann Arbor Public Schools (AAPS), and Washtenaw In…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Grimes

3:17-cv-00094 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case involved the Commonwealth of Kentucky's failure to comply with its voter list maintenance and record production obligations under Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), 52 U.S.C. §§ 2057, and its subsequent failure to adhere to the requirements of a consent judgment resolving the NVRA violations.                     On November 14, 2017, Judicial Watch, Inc., a non-partisan educational organization whose mission is to promote transparency, integrity, and acco…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Meade v. Bonin

2:20-cv-01455 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: May 14, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about due process violation under the 14th amendment based on a judge potentially steering defendants towards using ankle monitors by a company he has financial and political ties to. On May 14, 2020, two criminal defendants who were ordered to wear ankle monitors in Judge Paul A. Bonin’s court, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The plaintiffs, represented by Institute for Justice, sued Judge Bonin and the ankle monitoring compan…
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
Common Cause/New York v. Brehm

1:17-cv-06770 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 6, 2017

Closed Date: Jan. 13, 2020

This is a case about a New York state law that removed inactive, but still registered, voters from voter lists at polling stations when those voters changed residences. On September 6, 2017, Common Cause/New York filed a complaint in the Southern District of New York against officials of the New York State Board of Elections alleging that their practice of labeling voters as inactive based on a change of residence and their removal of those voters from poll books at voting sites violated Sectio…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Garza v. Vera

7:18-cv-00046 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2018

Closed Date: May 12, 2021

This is a case about the constitutionality of electioneering and property use policies adopted by Starr County, Texas.   On January 8, 2018, Starr County adopted an order (the “County Order”) banning electioneering on all property owned by, or under the control of, the County.  After the County failed to address multiple requests for clarifications on the meaning and practical implementation of the County Order, on February 21, 2018, two politically active Starr County residents filed a lawsuit…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Galvan v. Pablos

7:18-cv-00113 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 11, 2018

Closed Date: Dec. 12, 2023

This case involved allegations that Texas’s law surrounding rejection of mail-in ballots violated federal constitutional rights. Two unsuccessful candidates for public office filed suit initially in District Court of Starr County, Texas, on April 11, 2018. Defendants included Texas Secretary of State, presiding judge of the Early Voting Ballot Board (EVBB) for Starr County, and four members of the EVBB for Starr County. Plaintiffs alleged that Texas’s statutory framework for rejection of mail-i…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Napierski v. Guilderland Democratic Committee

1:18-cv-00846 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: July 18, 2018

Closed Date: Jan. 24, 2019

This case involved allegations that local and county election organizations failed to accommodate people with disabilities during a caucus held at a local park, violated the Twenty-Fourth Amendment by requiring a fee to enter the park without a resident park sticker, and violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment through the use of a caucus system.  On July 18, 2018, two Guilderland, New York residents, one a candidate for public office in the Town of Guilderland and the s…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
K.C. v. The Individual Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana

1:23-cv-00595 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: April 5, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case is about the constitutionality of the Indiana Senate Enrolled Act 480 (SEA 480, or the “Act”), which went into effect on July 1, 2023 and prohibits transgender minors from receiving gender transition procedures. Represented by the ACLU of Indiana, the plaintiffs included four minor children and their parents, a family medicine practice that provided care to transgender persons, and a physician who co-founded that medical practice. On April 5, 2023, they sued the individual members of …