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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
American Association of University Professors - Harvard Faculty Chapter v. U.S. Department Of Justice

1:25-cv-10910 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

This case challenged the Trump administration’s 2025 suspension and termination of federal funding to Harvard University in response to alleged antisemitism on campus. (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of legal challenges to actions by the second Trump Administration, click here.)  On April 11, 2025, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), its Harvard Faculty Chapter (AAUP–Harvard), and the United Auto Workers (UAW) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Di…

Judgment for Plaintiff

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United States v. Dugan

2:25-cr-00089 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

This case was a highly unusual federal criminal prosecution of a sitting state court judge—who was alleged by the Trump Administration to have interfered with an immigration arrest. On April 24, 2025, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Wisconsin indicted Wisconsin Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan on two counts: (1) obstruction of a federal administrative proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 1505, and (2) concealment of a person from arrest under 18 U.S.C. § 1071. The case was assigned to U.S. Di…

Case Is Ongoing

POLICING
DOJ Investigation of Phoenix Police Department

No Docket | No Court

On August 5, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it was opening a pattern and practice investigation into the City of Phoenix and the Phoenix Police Department (collectively, “PhxPD”). DOJ initiated the investigation under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which prohibits state and local governments from engaging in a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers that deprives individuals of rights protected by the Constitution or federal law. T…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
President and Fellows of Harvard College v. United States Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-11472 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: May 23, 2025

On May 23, 2025, Harvard University filed this lawsuit in the District of Massachusetts challenging the Department of Homeland Security's cancellation, on May 22, of Harvard's ability to enroll F-1 students through the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), or employ J-1 nonimmigrants under the Exchange Visitor Program (EVP). Other defendants are the Departments of Justice and State, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and various heads of those agencies. The complaint alleged that …

Preliminary Injunction Granted

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Jones v. Chopra

1:18-cv-02132 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 13, 2018

Closed Date: Jan. 18, 2024

This case concerns alleged racial and gender discrimination at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. On September 13, 2018, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, plaintiffs brought this suit against the acting director of the CFPB and the Bureau itself on behalf of a putative class of “racial minorities and females who worked for the CFPB as Consumer Response Specialists and who were subjected to discrimination and retaliation by CFPB due to their race or gender.” Filing …

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Pellant v. Detroit Tigers, Inc.

2:23-cv-13288 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Dec. 27, 2023

Closed Date: Jan. 13, 2025

This case is about alleged age discrimination against two Major League Baseball (MLB) scouts. The two plaintiffs were both over age 60 and worked for the Detroit Tigers until they were fired in 2020 along with two other older scouts. The remaining scouts for the team were all between 20 and 50 years of age. The team claimed the firings were due to Covid, but Plaintiffs were denied reemployment after the pandemic. They therefore filed suit against the Tigers under the Age Discrimination in Emplo…

Administrative Stay Granted

POLICING
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Porter

2:77-cv-01164 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 1977

Closed Date: July 2, 1982

This case involved allegations of misconduct against Officer Baranyai, a policeman of the Borough of Millvale. On October 6, 1977, the Attorney General of Pennsylvania filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against Officer Baranyai and the Millvale chief of police, mayor, and borough council. Filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the complaint sought injunctive relief prohibiting defendants from violating the constitutional rights of the residents of Millva…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Edmond v. City of Chicago

1:17-cv-04858 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: June 29, 2017

Closed Date: July 8, 2024

This case concerns allegations of race discrimination against employees of the City of Chicago. It was filed on June 29, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and assigned to District Judge Joan B. Gottschall. Seven Black employees from the Department of Water Management, represented by private counsel, sued the city and several officials. Plaintiffs alleged a hostile work environment and discrimination in violation of the Equal Protection Clause. Black employee…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Tesla, Inc.

4:23-cv-04984 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2023

This case regards alleged racial harassment at a Tesla manufacturing facility in California. On September 28, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of over 1,000 Black employees of the Tesla manufacturing facility in Fremont, CA. The employees alleged pervasive racial harassment since at least 2015, including epithets, stereotyping, and imagery and graffiti. They also allegedly experi…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Bar Association v. Executive Office of the President

1:25-cv-01888 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 16, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration’s policy and practice of using executive orders to coerce lawyers and law firms into jettisoning clients, legal arguments, and principles contrary to the ideology of the Administration. The Trump Administration targeted law firms by suspending their security clearances, cutting off their federal contracts, and restricting government hiring from their ranks. The Administration successfully pressured some firms into entering settlement agreements whic…

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