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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
General Land Office of the State of Texas v. United States Department of the Interior

1:23-cv-00169 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Jan. 12, 2022

This case concerned a Texas state agency's effort to delist the golden-cheeked warbler from the federal list of endangered species.  On January 12, 2022, the General Land Office of the State of Texas filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Waco Division) against the United States Department of the Interior (DOI) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Wildlife Service). The General Land Office used revenues generated from selling public school la…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Center for Biological Diversity v. Office of Management and Budget

1:25-cv-00165 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2025

This case challenged the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the U.S. DOGE Service’s (DOGE, formerly the United States Digital Service) failure to disclose presidential transition records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). On January 20, 2025, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against OMB, DOGE, the DOGE Temporary Organization (DOGETO), Elon Musk (in his official capacity as head of DOGE), and Amy Gl…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. Trump

3:25-cv-00038 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2025

This case challenged President Trump’s alleged authority to unilaterally revoke environmental protections and open offshore areas to oil and gas leasing. On January 6, 2025, President Biden permanently withdrew certain areas of the United States’ outer continental shelf in the Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Gulf of Mexico from future oil and gas leasing. On January 20, 2025, an executive order issued by President Trump purported to strip those protections. Plaintiffs alleged t…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Japanese American Citizens League v. Musk

1:25-cv-00643 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 5, 2025

This case challenges the actions of Elon Musk and the "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) in allegedly overstepping their authority by cutting federal spending, terminating employees, and dismantling government agencies. On March 5, 2025, the Japanese American Citizens League, OCA–Asian Pacific American Advocates, Sierra Club, and Union of Concerned Scientists filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs, described as nonprofit membership o…

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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
BlueRibbon Coalition, Inc v. Bureau of Land Management

4:25-cv-00022 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: March 5, 2025

On March 5, 2025, BlueRibbon Coalition, Inc., Sage Riders Motorcycle Club, and an individual plaintiff who was a member of both groups filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Utah. The case was assigned to Judge David O. Nuffer. They named the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Department of the Interior as Defendants. The Plaintiffs challenged the route closures established by Defendants' approval of the San Rafael Travel Management Plan/Final Environment…

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Environmental Defense Fund v. United States Department of the Interior

1:25-cv-00871 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

This lawsuit, filed on March 24, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenged the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for violating the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The case stemmed from the Trump administration’s efforts to reconsider the EPA’s 2009 Endangerment Finding, which had determined that certain greenhouse gases (GHGs) posed a threat to publi…

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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Lighthiser v. Trump

2:25-cv-00054 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: May 29, 2025

This case challenges Executive Order 14154, “Unleashing American Energy,” Executive Order 14156, “Declaring a National Energy Emergency,” and Executive Order 14261, “Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241,” issued by President Donald Trump. On May 29, 2025, twenty-two citizens from or residing in Montana filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Montana against President Donald Trump, the United States, and seve…

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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Protect Our Coast NJ v. US

3:25-cv-06890 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: June 3, 2025

This case challenged the May 2025 decision of the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to resume work on wind turbines off the coasts of New York and New Jersey. The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), BOEM’s parent agency had paused construction of the turbines a month earlier, in connection with President Trump’s January 20, 2025 executive order requiring DOI to investigate all offshore wind energy projects and ascertain whether they would cause harm to the environment …

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Maine v. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1:25-cv-00324 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: June 17, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration’s termination of a $9 million federal grant awarded to the state of Maine for a project to restore tidal salt marsh habitat and protect coastal infrastructure from flooding. The administration provided no explanation for the termination of the grant; plaintiffs alleged it was in retaliation against Maine’s policies protecting the civil rights of transgender people. NOAA only terminated funding for this project, not for any other similar grants; addi…

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