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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
DOJ Investigation of Alabama Department of Public Health

No docket (out of court) | No Court

In November 2021, during the Biden Administration, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) initiated this investigation into whether the Alabama Department of Public Health and the Lowndes County Health Department's (ADPH) wastewater disposal and management systems in Lowndes County violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, by discriminating against African American…

Administrative Matter Closed

PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Mid-America Milling Company v. U.S. Department of Transportation

3:23-cv-00072 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Oct. 26, 2023

This case challenged the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (DBE). DBE was a legislatively mandated program, established in 1982, that ensured that federally-assisted contracts for highway, transit, and aviation projects were made available to small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, including women and certain racial and ethnic minority groups. While any small business owner may qualify as soc…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States v. City of Durham, North Carolina

1:24-cv-00838 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Oct. 7, 2024

Closed Date: Feb. 25, 2025

This case is about enforcing Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. On October 7, 2024, the U.S. government brought a lawsuit against the City of Durham, North Carolina, in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. In its complaint, the government alleged the following facts: The Durham Fire Department (“FDF”), which is overseen by the city of Durham, used a multiple-choice and written test, the Comprehensive Examination Battery (“CEB”), to screen entry-level firefighter applic…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection v. Townstone Financial, Inc.

1:20-cv-04176 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 15, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 7, 2024

This is a case about race-based discouragement in mortgage lending in violation of federal consumer protection and anti-discrimination laws.  On July 15, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. The Bureau sued Townstone Financial, Inc., a Chicago-based mortgage lender, and its owner, Barry Sturner, under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), its implementing regulation (Regula…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Reversed

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States v. Mississippi State Senate

3:24-cv-00712 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Nov. 8, 2024

Closed Date: April 15, 2025

This is a case about alleged long-standing race-based pay discrimination in the Mississippi State Senate’s Legislative Services Office (LSO). On November 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. It sued the Mississippi State Senate under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race and sought back pay, compensatory damages, and injunctive r…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

EDUCATION
United States v. Maine Department of Education

1:25-cv-00173 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: April 16, 2025

In this case, the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the second Trump Administration sued the Maine Department of Education (MDOE) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, alleging that MDOE was violating Title IX by allowing boys who identify as girls to participate in girls' sports. In a complaint filed on April 16, 2025, the DOJ alleged that MDOE's "policies and actions are harming girls by denying girls the opportunity to compete in student sports on a level playing field in whi…

Case Is Ongoing

SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
United States v. Plaquemines Parish School Board

2:66-cv-00071 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Closed Date: April 30, 2025

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) The United States brought this school desegregation case in 1966 against the Plaquemines Parish School Board. It was assigned to District Judge Christenberry.  In August 1966, the court entered a preliminary injunction barring the defendants from discriminating on the basis of race or color.  After substantial litigation, the plaintiffs won the action in 1971. In 1975, the district court concluded that "the relief provided in the court's …
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

EDUCATION
United States investigation of Columbia University

NA (Out of court) | No Court

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) The Trump Administration and Columbia University settled their dispute on July 23, 2025; the University agreed to pay $200 million over three years, and the Administration agreed to restore many hundreds of millions of dollars in previously suspended or withdrawn grants and contracts.  

Administrative Matter Ongoing