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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
ACLU v. U.S. Social Security Administration

1:25-cv-01217 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

This case challenged denials of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests regarding the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) access to sensitive personal data held by the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Plaintiff, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), submitted similar FOIA requests to over 40 federal agencies, many of which acknowledged and/or complied with the request or granted it expedited processing. SSA did not provide plaint…

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Etienne v. Ferguson

3:25-cv-05461 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: May 29, 2025

This case challenged a Washington state law, SB 5375, which required priests to report any suspected child abuse or neglect disclosed by penitents in confession. Confession is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church and has been an integral part of its theology for two millennia. "Eternal damnation" and automatic excommunication from the Catholic Church await any priest who breaks the confidentiality of confession. Washington's three Catholic dioceses already mandated reporting for s…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Doe 1 v. EEOC

1:25-cv-01124 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

In March, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sent letters to the major law firms accusing the firms of DEI-related hiring practices that constituted unlawful discrimination. The EEOC requested highly specific data on applicants dating back six to ten years, including: names, sex, race, contact informations, law school, and GPA. This move was one of many in what legal professionals allege is a systematic effort by the Trump administration to punish law firms with robust diversity…

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Flowers Title Companies, LLC v. Bessent

6:25-cv-00127 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

In this case, a title company in Texas challenged a federal Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) rule—published during the Biden Administration on August 29, 2024 and set to take effect on December 1, 2025—that requires “certain persons involved in real estate closings and settlements to submit reports and keep records on certain non-financed transfers of residential real property to specified legal entities and trusts on a nationwide basis.” Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Resid…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Prisoners' Legal Services of New York v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-01965 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 10, 2025

On March 10, 2025, Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, New York Civil Liberties Union, and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (collectively, “PLSNY”) sued the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”), Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility (called "Batavia") in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. PLSNY alleged that Batavia's new policy of holding onto original copies of mail and only giving copies to recipients violated …
NATIONAL SECURITY
In re DNI/AG 702(h) Certification 2024-A and Its Predecessor Certifications [FISC Dockets 702(j)-24-01; 702(j)-24-02; 702(j)-24-03]

702(j)-24-01 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: March 5, 2024

Closed Date: April 4, 2024

Background Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act of 2008, 50 U.S.C. § 1881a, permits the Attorney General (AG) and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to conduct foreign intelligence surveillance targeting the communications of non-U.S. persons located abroad. The government need not establish probable cause that the target of electronic surveillance is a foreign power or agent of a foreign power, nor must the government specify the nature and lo…

Querying Procedures Used by the Central Intelligence Agency in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as Amended

In re DNI/AG 702(h) Certification 2024-A and Its Predecessor Certifications [FISC Dockets 702(j)-24-01; 702(j)-24-02; 702(j)-24-03]]

Sept. 16, 2019

Querying Procedures Used by the National Counterterrorism Center in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as Amended

In re DNI/AG 702(h) Certification 2024-A and Its Predecessor Certifications [FISC Dockets 702(j)-24-01; 702(j)-24-02; 702(j)-24-03]]

Oct. 19, 2020

Minimization Procedures Used by the National Counterterrorism Center in Connection with Acquisition of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant toSection 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as Amended

In re DNI/AG 702(h) Certification 2024-A and Its Predecessor Certifications [FISC Dockets 702(j)-24-01; 702(j)-24-02; 702(j)-24-03]]

Oct. 14, 2021

Minimization Procedures Used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as Amended

In re DNI/AG 702(h) Certification 2024-A and Its Predecessor Certifications [FISC Dockets 702(j)-24-01; 702(j)-24-02; 702(j)-24-03]]

Oct. 14, 2021

Minimization Procedures Used by the Central Intelligence Agency in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as Amended

In re DNI/AG 702(h) Certification 2024-A and Its Predecessor Certifications [FISC Dockets 702(j)-24-01; 702(j)-24-02; 702(j)-24-03]]

Oct. 14, 2021

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Brown v. Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

1:16-cv-00945 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 30, 2016

Closed Date: June 6, 2019

Nine current and former inmates at Roxbury Correctional Institute who are blind brought a discrimination lawsuit against the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. One individual inmate filed his complaint on March 30, 2016, and five days later this case was consolidated with eight other cases. The plaintiffs, represented by the National Federation of the Blind and Prisoner Rights Information System of Maryland, alleged tha…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Wikimedia Foundation v. National Security Agency

1:15-cv-00662 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 10, 2015

Closed Date: Feb. 21, 2023

On March 10, 2015, a collective of organizations interested in privacy, led by the Wikimedia Foundation, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for District of Maryland. The plaintiffs sued the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Justice under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 701 et seq. The plaintiffs, represented by attorneys from the ACLU and private counsel, asked the court to declare “Upstream Surveillance” by the government to be unconstitutional, and …
NATIONAL SECURITY
First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles v. National Security Agency

4:13-cv-03287 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 2013

Closed Date: Dec. 14, 2023

On September 10, 2013, organizations, associations, and advocacy groups, their staffs, and their members who subscribed to major American telecommunication companies filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the National Security Agency ("NSA"), the Department of Justice, and the United States of America. The plaintiffs, represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and private counsel, sought an injunction permanently enjoining the United…

Complaint For Constitutional And Statutory Violations [Seeking Declaratory and Injunctive Relief]

First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles v. National Security Agency

July 16, 2013

Amended Complaint

First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles v. National Security Agency

Sept. 10, 2013

Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment that the Telephone Records Program is Unlawful Under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act and the First Amendment

First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles v. National Security Agency

Nov. 6, 2013

Declaration of Sascha Meinrath for Acorn Active Media in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment

First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles v. National Security Agency

Nov. 6, 2013

Brief of Amicus Curiae of Experts in the History of Executive Surveillances: James Bamford, Loch Johnson, and Peter Fenn

First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles v. National Security Agency

Nov. 15, 2013

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Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Environmental Defense Fund v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-00617 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 3, 2025

On March 3, 2025, the Environmental Defense Fund filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In Executive Order 14154 titled "Unleashing American Energy" (January 20, 2025), President Donald Trump directed the EPA to reevaluate the 2009 "Endangerment Finding"--EPA's determination that greenhouse gases in the atmosphere threatened the health and welfare of current and future generations, and that emis…

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