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EDUCATION
Students Against Antisemitism, Inc. v. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

1:24-cv-01306 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2024

This case challenges Columbia University and Barnard College for allegedly unlawfully permitting, enabling, and failing to prevent pervasive antisemitism on their campus, particularly in the aftermath of the October 7 attacks, in violation of federal and state law. Other cases involving universities’ responses to speech and activity concerning Israel and Palestine, including matters involving antisemitism and/or anti-Palestinian expression, can be found here.  On February 21, 2024, Students Aga…

Complaint

Students Against Antisemitism, Inc. v. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

Feb. 21, 2024

First Amended Complaint

Students Against Antisemitism, Inc. v. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

June 17, 2024

Barnard’s Memorandum In Support Of Its Motion To Dismiss Pursuant To Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(B)(1), (6) And To Strike Pursuant To Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(F)

Students Against Antisemitism, Inc. et al. v. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York et al.

July 22, 2024

Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendant Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York's Motion to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint

Students Against Antisemitism, Inc. v. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

July 22, 2024

Notice of Voluntary Dismissal as to Barnard College

Students Against Antisemitism, Inc. v. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

July 8, 2025

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Case Is Ongoing

PRISON CONDITIONS
Alexander v. Hall

4:20-cv-00021 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 6, 2025

On February 10, 2020, fourteen prisoners at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Mississippi, filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. Press reports connected this suit to an open letter from Jay-Z to Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant decrying the conditions at state correctional facilities. This case followed two other lawsuits, Amos v. Hall and Lang v. Taylor, both of which were filed by Jay-Z's Team ROC seeking i…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Voorhees v. Trump

1:25-cv-03761 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 2025

Closed Date: Oct. 28, 2025

[This summary is temporary while we research this case.] On October 23, 2025, plaintiffs Charles K .Voorhees and Judith A. Voorhees applied to the U.S. District Court in the District of District of Columbia for a temporary restraining order ("TRO") to halt Defendants’ destruction of the East Wing of the White House. This case is ongoing.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

PUBLIC HOUSING
Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

1:66-cv-01459 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 1966

Filed in 1966 and still ongoing as of 2022, this is one of the most significant housing desegregation cases ever, leading to the nation's first desegregative housing mobility voucher program. In collaboration with BPI, the Chicago public interest organization that has for decades represented the plaintiffs in this case, the Clearinghouse has acquired and posted the full litigation record—over 2100 documents, all told.  About 230 "core" documents are set to display here; if you click on "show mo…

Complaint

Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

Aug. 9, 1966

MOTION OF CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY, A CORPORATION, AND ALVIN E. ROSE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, RULES 12 AND 56, TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

Oct. 10, 1966

MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF MOTION OF CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY, A CORPORATION, AND ALVIN E. R O SE ~ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, RULES 12 AND 56, TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

Oct. 14, 1966

BRIEF OF PLAINTIFFS IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION OF DEFENDANTS TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT, OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

Dec. 15, 1966

COUNTERAFFIDAVITS IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION OF DEFENDANTS TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT, OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

Dec. 15, 1966

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Adams v. Rankin County Board of Education

3:67-cv-04156 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 1967

This is a school desegregation case that was filed on August 1, 1967 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Plaintiffs, black students and their families who resided in Rankin County, Mississippi, sought to integrate the Rankin County public schools. Renowned civil rights attorney Melvyn Leventhal was one of the attorneys who represented the plaintiffs. On September 26, 1967, Rankin County was permanently enjoined from discriminating on the basis of race in its pub…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Smith v. Edwards

3:22-cv-00573 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2022

Louisiana officials announced that they would incarcerate about two dozen children in the former death row of the Louisiana State Penitentiary (commonly referred to as Angola) after Chief District Judge Shelly D. Dick signed off on the transfer. On August 19, 2022, plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU, filed suit against Governor John Bel Edwards, Deputy Secretary of the Office of Juvenile Justice William Sommers, and Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections James M. …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Jake Bertellotti v. Regents of the University of California

2:25-cv-03069 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 8, 2025

In this lawsuit, two disabled UCLA students sued the Regents of the University of California, the University’s President, its Chancellor, and ten unknown individuals, alleging widespread accessibility barriers and discriminatory practices.  On April 8, 2025, represented by Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund and private counsel, the two students filed a complaint in the United States District Court Central District of California for alleged violations of Title II of the Americans with …

Case Is Ongoing

PRISON CONDITIONS
Hope v. Harris

9:18-cv-00027 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 16, 2018

On February 16, 2018, a prisoner housed in solitary confinement in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) at the Polunsky Unit within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice filed a pro se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas challenging the conditions of his confinement. The plaintiff filed suit against the prison’s Senior Warden, Major of Correctional Officers, Deputy Director of Support Operations, and Assistant Director of Classification, as well as three members o…

Case Is Ongoing

Reversed

SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Liddell v. Board of Education for the City of St. Louis

4:72-cv-00100 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 18, 1972

Background On February 18, 1972, five African-American parents and their minor children filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. They sued the Board of Education of the City of St. Louis and a number of its officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive relief, claiming that the defendants operated city schools in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. Specifically, the plai…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Hambrick v. Labat

1:24-cv-05658 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Dec. 10, 2024

This case involved alleged excessive violence, overcrowding, and unsanitary conditions in a county jail. On December 10, 2024, two plaintiffs detained at Fulton County Jail filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The plaintiffs sued the Fulton County Sheriff's Office under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sought declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and damages for themselves and similarly situate…