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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers

1:16-cv-01534 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 27, 2016

On July 27, 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The Tribe, represented by Earthjustice, sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to block the Corps’ actions related to the Dakota Access Pipeline (a 1,168-mile crude oil pipeline running from North Dakota to Illinois). The Tribe sought injunctive and declaratory relief and attorneys’ fees and costs under the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), the National Histori…
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Southwest Williamson County Community Ass’n v. Slater

3:97-cv-00734 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: July 14, 1997

Closed Date: 2001

On July 14, 1997, Southwest Williamson County Community Association, Inc., a community organization, filed a complaint against federal and state officials to block the construction of 840–South which would traverse through the Middle Tennessee counties of Dickson, Williamson, and Rutherford. The complaint alleged that the federal and state officials had not complied with Federal and State environmental laws. Specifically Plaintiffs allege that Federal and State Defendants have: violated the Fed…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Arizona v. Mayorkas

2:21-cv-00617 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 11, 2021

Closed Date: Feb. 6, 2023

On April 11, 2021, the State of Arizona filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Arizona sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Arizona sought injunctive and declaratory relief. Specifically, Arizona claimed that the federal defendants should have complied with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and APA by completing environm…
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Keith v. Century Housing Corp.

2:72-cv-00355 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 16, 1972

Closed Date: May 18, 2018

This action was brought in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on February 16, 1972, to try to stop the construction of the Century Freeway, also known as I-105, in Los Angeles. Private homeowners who were set to be displaced by the construction and several advocacy organizations, including the Sierra Club, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the NAACP, sued various state and federal agencies and officials and alleged violations of the National Environmental Policy Ac…
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…

Case Is Ongoing

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
Kapa'a v. Trump

1:25-cv-00209 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: May 22, 2025

This case challenged Proclamation 10918, signed by President Trump on April 17, 2025, which purported to open the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument to commercial fishing. The monument was established by President Bush in 2009 and was expanded by President Obama in 2014, both acting under the Antiquities Act of 1906. The 2009 Proclamation banned commercial fishing within the boundaries of the monument. On May 22, 2025, two environmental organizations and an unincorporated associa…

Case Is Ongoing

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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

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Air Alliance Houston v. Trump

1:25-cv-01852 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 12, 2025

This case challenges the Trump Administration's American Energy Exemption Proclamation, which exempted 68 coal-fired power plants from updated federal limits on hazardous air pollutants. On June 12, 2025, twelve environmental advocacy groups filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against President Trump and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its Administrator. The plaintiffs claimed violations of the Administrative Procedure Act and the Clean …

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Friends of the Everglades, Inc. v. Noem

1:25-cv-22896 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: June 27, 2025

This case challenged Florida's and the Trump Administration's construction of an immigration detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Everglades. The facility was built in mere days, which plaintiffs alleged circumvented or ignored regulatory and environmental standards. Designed to hold up to 5,000 noncitizens at a time, the facility was located on the grounds of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. Although the airport was located in Collier County, 36 miles west of …

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