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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hamama v. Adducci

2:17-cv-11910 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 15, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case concerns a habeas petition and the due process rights of detained Iraqi Americans facing deportation to Iraq. Petitioners in this class action/habeas petition were Iraqi nationals, including many Chaldean Christians, who had resided in the United States for many years. They had been subject to final orders of removal for years, but the U.S. government permitted them to reside in the community under orders of supervision. After the Trump Administration negotiated with Iraq in early 201…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Spectrum WT v. Wendler

2:23-cv-00048 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 24, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case involves a student group at West Texas A&M University that was prohibited from hosting a drag show. On March 24, 2023, a student group and two individuals brought suit against the President of West Texas A&M University, in his individual and official capacities, as well as the Vice President for Student Affairs, the university chancellor, and the Board of Regents in their official capacities. Represented by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, the students sued under 4…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Dwight v. Kemp

1:18-cv-02869 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: June 13, 2018

Closed Date: April 14, 2020

This is a case about a challenge to Georgia's congressional redistricting plan. In 2011, the Georgia General Assembly passed a congressional redistricting plan that plaintiffs alleged was for the purpose of ensuring that the increasing minority population did not translate into minority voting power or political influence. On June 13, 2018, four African American Georgian voters filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division against the Georgia S…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Cannavan v. County of Ventura

2:20-cv-10012 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 30, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 3, 2022

This is a case about inmates held at a county jail in Ventura County, California who were denied their right to vote via absentee ballots during the November 2020 presidential election. On October 30, 2020, an individual inmate, on behalf of himself and all other similarly situated inmates held in the county jail, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs sued Ventura County and the Ventura County Sheriff's Department under sta…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Wright v. State of North Carolina

5:13-cv-00607 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 2013

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2017

This is a case alleging racial gerrymandering in North Carolina.  On August 22, 2013 Wake County Board of Elections in Wake County, North Carolina mapped a new plan for their voting districts, called the Session Law 2013-110. This redistricting plan was intended to change the voting districts composition for the Wake County Board of Education.  On August 23, 2013, Plaintiffs, Wake County registered voters, submitted a complaint to the court regarding this redistricting plan. Plaintiffs challeng…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Enos v. State of Arizona

2:16-cv-00384 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2016

Closed Date: Dec. 30, 2019

This is a case about deaf persons’ ability to meaningfully access 911 services.   On February 11, 2016, the National Association of the Deaf filed this lawsuit on behalf of three plaintiffs in the U.S. District Court for Arizona. The plaintiffs sued the State of Arizona, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, City of Surprise, City of Tempe and the City of Phoenix.  Plaintiffs alleges violations of Title II of the ADA and Section 504 because defendants failed to ensure that the multiple governme…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Feehan v. Wisconsin Elections Commission

2:20-cv-01771 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Dec. 1, 2020

This case stemmed from alleged voter fraud in the State of Wisconsin during the 2020 presidential election. In the decade preceding the 2020 election, Wisconsin passed various laws aimed at ensuring the integrity of absentee ballots. These laws included, in relevant part, requirements that most voters presented a photo ID at the time of registering for an absentee ballot (Wis. Stat. §§ 6.34; 6.79) and absentee ballots contained certain certifications from both the voter and a stated witness in …
EDUCATION
Students for Fair Admissions v. United States Military Academy at West Point

7:23-cv-08262 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 19, 2023

Case Ongoing

On September 19, 2023, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), a nonprofit group founded on the premise that race-based college admissions are unconstitutional, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. This case was assigned to District Judge Philip M. Halpern and Magistrate Judge Judith C. McCarthy. SFFA sued the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the U.S. Department of Defense and alleged that their use of racial benchmarks in admissions decisions…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Missouri State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Ferguson-Florissant School District

4:14-cv-02077 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Dec. 18, 2014

Case Ongoing

This is a voter dilution case that challenged an at-large election system utilized by the Ferguson Florissant School District in the State of Missouri to elect members to its School Board.  On December 18, 2014, the Missouri State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and certain African American residents and registered voters of the District filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Plaintiffs sued Ferguson-Florissa…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Committee For A Fair And Balanced Map v. Illinois State Board of Elections

1:11-cv-05065 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 27, 2011

Closed Date: Dec. 15, 2011

This was a challenge to the congressional redistricting plan adopted by the State of Illinois after the 2010 census (the “Adopted Map”). Plaintiffs were an organization called the Committee for a Fair and Balanced Map (a not for profit organization created by Illinois citizens concerned about the congressional redistricting process in Illinois), ten incumbent Republican members, ten incumbent Republican members of Congress, and six registered voters (including some who identify themselves as La…