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Betances v. Fischer

1:11-cv-03200 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 11, 2011

On May 11, 2011, three individuals given extrajudicial sentences of post-release supervision filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The named defendants were the New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) and the New York State Division of Parole (DOP). They claimed that the defendants administratively assigned sentences of post-release supervision (PRS) and that only a judge could impose an additio…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
African Communities Together v. Lyons

1:25-cv-06366 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2025

This case challenges the Trump Administration's campaign of arresting noncitizens at immigration court proceedings, and its summary dismissal of immigration cases without affording noncitizens the opportunity to seek asylum or other affirmative relief. The case was filed on August 1, 2025, by African Communities Together (ACT) and The Door in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its Acting Director; the Secretar…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

DISABILITY RIGHTS
Ragoonath v. Swissport USA, Inc.

1:15-cv-01356 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: March 17, 2015

Closed Date: Dec. 18, 2015

This is an employment disabilities case. On March 17, 2015 a private plaintiff employee filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York against his employer alleging that his employer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and New York City Human Rights Law for failing to provide a reasonable accommodation and retaliation for request a reasonable accommodation.  Plaintiff had suffered a workplace injury to his back in 2014, and while he was clear…
POLICING
DOJ Investigation of Mount Vernon Police Department

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On December 3, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, along with the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced a pattern and practice investigation into the Mount Vernon Police Department (MVPD). The investigation would assess whether the MVPD engaged in practices of discriminatory policing. The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 gave the investigators the authority to bring the inquiry. The act prohibited state and local governments …
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Chung v. Trump

1:25-cv-02412 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

On March 24, 2025, a lawful permanent resident who was a Columbia undergraduate filed this complaint and petition for writ of habeas corpus in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, challenging the government's allegedly retaliatory immigration enforcement actions against her in response to her participation in pro-Palestine campus protests. She sued President Trump and several high-ranking officials, including the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary …

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
United States of America v. State of New York

1:25-cv-03656 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 1, 2025

On May 1, 2025, the United States filed this lawsuit against New York, its Governor, its Attorney General, and the Acting Commissioner of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The DOJ challenged the Climate Superfund Act, a 2024 New York law that sought to hold fossil fuel companies liable for their contribution to climate change and its effects. The DOJ argued that such a law was pre-empted by the Clean …

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Faculty, Alumni, and Students Opposed to Racial Preferences (FASORP) v. New York University Law Review

1:18-cv-09184 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 7, 2018

Closed Date: May 4, 2020

(This summary is temporary while we research the case further). In 2018, Faculty, Alumni, and Students Opposed to Racial Preferences ("FASORP") filed a lawsuit against the New York University Law Review ("NYU Law Review" or "the Law Review"). FASORP alleged that the Law Review's process for selecting new members and articles to publish violated the Fourteenth Amendment because it discriminated on the basis of sex and race. The lawsuit was ultimately dismissed, and the case is now closed.
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. National Science Foundation

1:25-cv-04452 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 28, 2025

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 2025

This case challenges two actions by the Trump Administration’s National Science Foundation (NSF) that sixteen states argue will severely undermine the United States’ leadership in STEM. First, in a policy issued on April 18, 2025, the NSF “announced that it would no longer abide by Congress’s longstanding policy to promote a robust STEM workforce that draws in underrepresented populations.” The Priority Directive stated that the NSF's efforts would not give preference to certain groups over oth…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United States v. State of New York

1:25-cv-00744 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: June 12, 2025

This case challenges New York's "Protect Our Courts Act," Executive Order 170, and Executive Order 170.1, all of which broadly limit cooperation between state and local authorities and federal immigration enforcement. New York's Executive Order 170, issued in 2017, and its 2018 amendment, Executive Order 170.1, limit state officers from inquiring about or disclosing immigration status for civil enforcement, and restrict federal immigration arrests in state facilities without a judicial warrant.…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Comey v. United States Department of Justice

1:25-cv-07625 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 15, 2025

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] In her complaint, Maureen Comey, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney (and the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey), claims that, despite her exemplary performance, she was abruptly fired by Trump Administration officials on July 16, 2025, the day after the U.S. Attorney’s Office had asked her to take the lead on a major public corruption case and just three months after her latest receipt of an “Outstanding” review. Defendants alleged…

Case Is Ongoing