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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Paine v. IKEA Holding US, Inc.

2:19-cv-00723 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2019

Closed Date: Aug. 6, 2025

This case concerns allegations of age discrimination against employees of IKEA. On February 21, 2019, the Plaintiff, a 48 year old long term employee of IKEA, filed this lawsuit in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on behalf of himself and “all those current and former employees of IKEA in the United States who, since January 24, 2018, were age 40 or over and denied promotion.” The Plaintiff sued IKEA under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA),  29 U.S.C §621. Specifically, Plaint…

Settled: Case Closed

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Woodmere Art Museum, Inc. v. Trump

2:25-cv-04887 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 26, 2025

Closed Date: Sept. 5, 2025

This case centered on a federal grant, previously awarded to the Woodmere Art Museum, that the Institute for Museum and Library Services withheld following President Trump’s Executive Order 14238, Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy. On August 26, 2025, Woodmere Art Museum, Inc. filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against the President of the United States; the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and other federal ag…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
W.J.C.C. v. Trump

3:25-cv-00153 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: May 21, 2025

This case is one of several lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport noncitizens without due process. You can see all of the cases here. On May 21, 2025, an individual facing imminent removal filed an emergency petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The petitioner sued the President, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and the Acting Director of U.S. …

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Romaine Cleckner v. 3M Company

1:22-cv-02055 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Dec. 27, 2022

Closed Date: Sept. 2, 2025

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] On December 27, 2022, Plaintiff Hannah Romaine Cleckner filed suit in U.S. District Court in the Middle District of Pennsylvania against 3M Company for their vaccine mandate requirement, and denial of Plaintiff's religious accommodation request.

Judgment for Defendant

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…
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)

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Stein v. Cortes

2:16-cv-06287 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Dec. 15, 2016

Closed Date: April 29, 2020

On December 5, 2016, plaintiffs, who consisted of the Green Party presidential candidate and a Pennsylvania voter that had voted in the 2016 presidential election (collectively, the “Plaintiffs”), filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief against the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation of Pennsylvania (collectively, the “Defendants”).  Both Defendants worked for the Pennsylvania Department of St…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. City of Hazleton

3:25-cv-00045 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 7, 2025

Closed Date: April 22, 2025

This lawsuit challenged the City of Hazleton’s election system on the grounds that it violated the Voting Rights Act. On January 7, 2025, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The DOJ sued the City of Hazleton, the Hazleton City Council, and Mayor Jeff Cusat under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Represented by the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, the plaintiffs sought declaratory and injuncti…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

PRISON CONDITIONS
Hammond v. Department of Corrections

2:24-cv-00922 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: March 4, 2024

Closed Date: Jan. 8, 2025

On March 4, 2024, six incarcerated individuals in Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania challenging the constitutionality of solitary confinement in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. The individuals sued the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, the Secretary of Corrections, the former Secretary of Corrections, the Executive Deputy Secretary for Institutional Operations at the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, and the Director of Psychology at th…

Case Transferred: Docket Closed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Shandilya v. Noem

2:25-cv-00477 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 7, 2025

This class action challenges the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) alleged policy of terminating student visa holders’ SEVIS records based on criminal records that did not interfere with their educational progress. On April 7, 2025, represented by private counsel, the plaintiff C.S., an F-1 student visa holder in Pennsylvania, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against DHS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and senior offic…

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