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Climate United Fund v. Citibank

1:25-cv-00698 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 8, 2025

This case challenged the freezing of federal grant funds meant for green infrastructure projects. On March 8, 2025, the Climate United Fund filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Citibank, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the EPA Administrator. Plaintiffs sought injunctive and declaratory relief, claiming that the defendants unlawfully blocked access to grant funds that had already been awarded and disbursed. The case was assigned to Judg…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Reversed

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Miller v. Hughs

1:19-cv-01071 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Nov. 1, 2019

Closed Date: July 10, 2020

This case is about a Texas statute, Tex. Elec. Code § 12.082(a), that requires candidates of the same political party of the last elected Governor to appear first on general election ballots for every partisan race. On November 1, 2019, a registered Texas voter, the Texas Democratic Party, and three national Democratic committees filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. They sued the Texas Secretary of State under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Because extensive acade…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Project Vote Incorporated v. Reagan

2:16-cv-01253 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 27, 2016

Closed Date: Aug. 7, 2017

This is a case about access to public election records in Arizona. On April 27, 2016, a national non-profit voting rights organization called Project Vote, Inc. filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The defendants were sued in their official capacity as the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona, the County Recorder of Maricopa County, and the County Recorder of Pima County. The judge was District Judge Douglas L. Rayes. The plaintiff was represented by p…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Fair Fight Action v. Raffensperger

1:18-cv-05391 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Nov. 27, 2018

Closed Date: Sept. 30, 2022

Two voter-rights advocacy organizations and four religious non-profit organizations brought actions against the Georgia Secretary of State, the State Election Board, and members of the State Election Board alleging constitutional violations and violations of the Voting Rights Act.  The original complaint was filed on November 27, 2018, by the two voter-rights groups.  The complaint was amended twice.  The four religious non-profit organizations joined as plaintiffs as part of the first amendmen…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Stein v. Cortes

2:16-cv-06287 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Dec. 15, 2016

Closed Date: April 29, 2020

On December 5, 2016, plaintiffs, who consisted of the Green Party presidential candidate and a Pennsylvania voter that had voted in the 2016 presidential election (collectively, the “Plaintiffs”), filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief against the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation of Pennsylvania (collectively, the “Defendants”).  Both Defendants worked for the Pennsylvania Department of St…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Fox v. Detzner

4:18-cv-00529 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Nov. 13, 2018

Closed Date: April 2, 2019

On November 13, 2018, seven registered Florida voters filed suit against Florida Secretary of State, Director of the Florida Division of Elections, and numerous county Supervisors of Elections in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.  Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sought to compel Florida election officials to comply with their duties to preserve election ballot materials (specifically, ballot images produced by digital scanning voting equipment) for 22 mon…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
San Francisco A.I.D.S. Foundation v. Trump

3:25-cv-01824 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 2025

This lawsuit challenged three executive orders issued by President Donald Trump in January 2025, which restricted federal funding for organizations that support transgender rights and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) programs. On February 20, 2025, nine nonprofits—San Francisco Aids Foundation, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Historical Society, Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Inc., Los Angeles LGBT Center, Prisma Community Care, Lesbian and Gay Community Serv…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

EDUCATION
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law v. President and Fellows of Harvard College

1:24-cv-11354 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: May 22, 2024

Closed Date: Jan. 21, 2025

This case is about alleged antisemitism at Harvard College. On May 22, 2024, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights (“Brandeis Center”), the Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education (“JAFE”) and Harvard graduate students brought this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against Harvard. The plaintiffs alleged that Harvard failed to adequately protect its Jewish and Israeli students from discrimination; they brought claims under Title VI for dire…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Cousins v. School Board of Orange County

6:22-cv-01312 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: July 25, 2022

Closed Date: Aug. 16, 2023

This is a case challenging Florida's H.B. 1557, commonly known as the "Don't Say Gay" law. The state measure restricts instruction about gender identity and sexual orientation in schools. Plaintiffs in this case included students attending Florida schools and their parents, as well as a nonprofit CenterLink that has members, including LGTBQ+ community centers, in various Florida counties. The plaintiffs sued various school boards under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that H.B. 1557 violated the Firs…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

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…