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Joyner v. Vilsack

1:21-cv-01089 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: June 15, 2021

Closed Date: Sept. 15, 2022

This case is one of several brought challenging the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) classification of “socially disadvantaged groups.” A farmer filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee Eastern Division (Jackson) on June 15, 2021. The sole defendant was the Secretary of Agriculture who leads the USDA. Plaintiff challenged Section 1005 of the ARP which provided loan forgiveness to farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic only i…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Dunlap v. Vilsack

2:21-cv-00942 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: June 24, 2021

Closed Date: Sept. 7, 2022

This case is one of several brought challenging the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) classification of “socially disadvantaged groups.” Two white farmers, a husband and wife, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Pendleton) on June 24, 2021. The two defendants were the Secretary of Agriculture (who leads the USDA) and the administrator of USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA). Plaintiffs challenged Section 1005 of ARP which offered lo…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
McKinney v. Vilsack

2:21-cv-00212 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: June 10, 2021

Closed Date: Oct. 18, 2022

This case is one of several brought challenging the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) classification of “socially disadvantaged groups.” A white farmer from Naples, Texas filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Marshall) on June 10, 2021. The two defendants were the Secretary of Agriculture (who leads the USDA) and the administrator of USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA). Plaintiff challenged Section 1005 of ARP which offered lo…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Rogers v. Vilsack

1:21-cv-01779 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: June 29, 2021

Closed Date: May 13, 2024

This case is one of several lawsuits challenging the American Rescue Plan’s (ARP) classification of “socially disadvantaged groups.” Section 1005 of the ARP allows the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Farms Services Agency (FSA) to forgive previously given loans to farmers of “socially disadvantaged groups.” That category is defined elsewhere to mean people who have been "subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice because of their identity as members of a group without regard to their…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Nuest v. Vilsack

0:21-cv-01572 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: July 7, 2021

Closed Date: Sept. 19, 2022

This case is one of several lawsuits challenging the American Rescue Plan’s (ARP) classification of “socially disadvantaged groups.” Section 1005 of the ARP allows the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Farms Services Agency (FSA) to forgive previously given loans to farmers of “socially disadvantaged groups.” That category is defined elsewhere to mean people who have been "subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice because of their identity as members of a group without regard to their…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Holman v. Vilsack

1:21-cv-01085 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: June 2, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case is one of several challenging the American Rescue Plan’s (ARP) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) classification of “socially disadvantaged groups.” In March 2021, during the early months of the Biden Administration, Congress passed the American Reuse Plan Act (ARPA). ARPA was a large package of government programs aimed at combatting COVID-19 and stimulating the economy. Sections 1005 and 1006 of the ARPA directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Farm Servic…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Faust v. Vilsack

1:21-cv-00548 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: April 29, 2021

Closed Date: Sept. 12, 2022

This case is one of several brought challenging the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) classification of “socially disadvantaged groups.” Five white farmers filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (Green Bay) on April 29, 2021. The farmers were all white and were from Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota. The complaint named the Secretary of Agriculture (who leads the USDA) and the administrator of USDA's Farm Service Age…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Brigida v. United States Department of Transportation

1:16-cv-02227 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Dec. 30, 2015

Case Ongoing

Historically, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has hired air traffic who graduated from programs accredited by the FAA's Collegiate Training Initiative (CTI) and passed an aptitude test. CTI graduates who passed the aptitude test were placed on a “qualified applicant register” list and given preference in the hiring process. In 2013, Andrew Brigida graduated from Arizona State University, a CTI institution, which recommended him to the FAA. Brigida passed the aptitude test and was plac…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Citizens For Fair Representation v. Padilla

2:17-cv-00973 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: May 8, 2017

Closed Date: Dec. 14, 2020

This is a case alleging that California's limit on the number of state legislators violated California citizens' right to self-governance.  On May 8, 2017, Citizens for Fair Representation, a nonprofit voting rights organization, along with several local government entities, political parties, an unrecognized Native American tribe, and several individual California voters, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California (Sacramento) against the California Se…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Faculty, Alumni, and Students Opposed to Racial Preferences (FASORP) v. Northwestern University

1:24-cv-05558 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 2, 2024

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit alleges that Northwestern University's law school discriminated against white, heterosexual, cisgender men in hiring practices and in law review publication decisions. On July 2, 2024, Faculty, Alumni, and Students Opposed to Racial Preferences (FASORP), a non-profit organization represented by the America First Legal Foundation and private counsel, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Plaintiff sued Northwestern University, the dean …