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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Newsom v. Trump

3:25-cv-04870 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 9, 2025

This case challenged the federal deployment of the California National Guard to protect federal property and immigration officials from protesters in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. On June 9, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom and the State of California filed suit in the Northern District of North California, challenging recent actions by President Trump in deploying the National Guard in the Los Angeles area. On June 6, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers carried out multiple e…

Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief 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…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. Manning

61-08257 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 28, 1961

Closed Date: Feb. 16, 1963

On April 28, 1961, the U.S Attorney General sued the State of Louisiana and the Registrar of Voters for East Carroll Parish for creating policies that prevented Black people from exercising the right to register to vote. This action was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, and was assigned to Chief Judge Ben C. Dawkins, Jr. The Attorney General sought injunctive relief to end the systemic voter registration denial for persons of color.  As alleged in the compl…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Shapiro v. U.S. Department of the Interior

2:25-cv-00763 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2025

This case is one of several challenging the Trump administration’s authority to suspend congressionally appropriated federal funds pending a review of whether the spending aligns with the administration’s policy priorities. (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of legal challenges to spending freezes and cuts by the second Trump administration, click here.) On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Orders 14151, 14154, 14168, and 14173, directing federal agencies to immediately pau…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of California v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

3:25-cv-05536 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 1, 2025

This case challenged the Trump administration’s disclosure of confidential Medicaid beneficiary data to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for immigration enforcement. On July 1, 2025, twenty-one states and the District of Columbia filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Secretary Kristi Noem. Th…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. Kennedy

1:25-cv-00196 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: May 5, 2025

This case challenged mass terminations and office shutdowns at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). On May 5, 2025, nineteen states and the District of Columbia filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and numerous related federal agencies and their agency heads. The states challenged layoffs that took place due to a March 27, 2025, directive that ordered a reduction in force of…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of California v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS)

1:25-cv-12118 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 29, 2025

On July 29, 2025, several states (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaiʻi, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Secretary and the Centers …

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New Jersey v. United States Department of Justice

1:25-cv-00404 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Aug. 18, 2025

The Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) was enacted by Congress in 1984 after a 1982 report from President Ronald Reagan's Task Force on Victims of Crime concluded that the "neglect of crime victims is a national disgrace". VOCA created a series of grant programs to help states provide critical resources and services to victims and survivors of crime, such as emergency shelter, sexual assault forensic exams, medical expenses, lost wages, and counseling. The intent was to provide direct compensation and…

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Washington v. United States Department of Commerce

2:25-cv-01507 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 8, 2025

This case challenges the termination of over $9 million in federal funding to Washington State by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The first grant was for "Tribal Stewards: Cultivating Tribal Leadership & Equity in Natural Resource Stewardship & Climate Resilience" and was awarded to the Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges to train a new generation of tribal leaders and co-stewards in natural resource ma…

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Washington v. Federal Emergency Management Agency

1:25-cv-12006 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 16, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration's purported termination of the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, a comprehensive pre-disaster mitigation initiative administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that provided technical and financial assistance to states and local governments for cost-effective, pre-disaster hazard mitigation measures.   On July 16, 2025, several states filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of…

Preliminary Injunction Granted