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State of New York v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:25-cv-00345 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: July 21, 2025

This case challenged the revocation of various exemptions under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). The PRWORA is part of the federal welfare system and governs the eligibility of noncitizens for Federal, State, and local public benefits. The statute provides definitions of "alien," "qualified alien," and "federal public benefit," and also provides exemptions for certain public benefits such as emergency medical care and short-term, in-kind emer…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

PUBLIC HOUSING
National Alliance to End Homelessness v. Turner

1:25-cv-00447 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Sept. 11, 2025

In National Alliance to End Homelessness & Women’s Development Corporation v. Turner, the case tests whether HUD may attach sweeping political and ideological conditions to federal homelessness funding. On September 11, 2025, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) and the Women’s Development Corporation (WDC) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island before District Judge Mary S. McElroy and Magistrate Judge Austin E. McConaghy, naming Housing and Urban De…

Case Is Ongoing

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

1:25-cv-00499 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2025

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] On October 1, 2025, plaintiffs, states including New York, filed suit against the Trump government in U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. New York claims that over the last month-and-a-half, Defendants have notified Plaintiff States of a new, post hoc condition that precludes Plaintiff States from using some victim services and criminal justice funds for legal services to immigrants. Defendants have offered no explanation…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Rhode Island v. Trump

1:25-cv-00128 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: April 4, 2025

This case challenged President Trump’s March 14, 2025, executive order directing seven congressionally created agencies, including the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), to cut their operations and expenditures to only those explicitly required by statute. Twenty-one U.S. states, which received hundreds of millions of dollars in grants and funding from the curtailed agencies and worked closely alongside those agencies on matters …

Preliminary Injunction Granted

POLICING
State of Illinois v. Noem

1:25-cv-00495 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2025

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] On September 29, 2025, 12 states sued the federal government regarding their treatment after an injunction was entered against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) just five days prior in Illinois v. Fed. Emergency Mgmt. Agency, _ F. Supp. 3d _, 2025 WL 2716277. In that case, DHS and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hed critical emergency preparedness and response funding hostage unless States agreed to devote their law-enfo…

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council v. Department of Agriculture

1:25-cv-00097 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: March 13, 2025

On March 13, 2025, four environmental-justice nonprofits including Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council commenced this Administrative Procedure Act (APA) action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The complaint was filed against the United States Departments of Agriculture, Department of Energy, and other federal agencies and their respective leadership.  Plaintiffs alleged that Executive Order No. 14154, “Unleashing American Energy,” and Office of Management and Bud…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

EDUCATION
Brown University Title VI Resolution Agreement

No docket (out of court) | No Court

On July 30, 2025, Brown University and the federal government reached a voluntary agreement to resolve a months-long federal funding freeze and multiple compliance investigations. The freeze, which began in April, was part of a broader campaign by the Trump administration targeting several Ivy League institutions. The planned freeze of $510 million in federal funding reportedly stemmed from the administration’s concerns about Brown’s handling of alleged antisemitism on campus and its diversity,…

Settled: Case Closed

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
State of Rhode Island v. United States Department of the Interior

1:25-cv-00439 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Sept. 4, 2025

On August 22, 2025, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a Stop Work Order to halt construction on the Revolution Wind Project. Starting in 2026, the Revolution Wind Project (Project) was set to power 350,000 homes in Connecticut and Rhode Island through wind turbines located off the coast. Since 2013, Ørsted, developer of the Project, has worked through regulatory review at the federal and state level. In 2023, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a 2,800-page Final Envi…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States v. Rhode Island Department of Education

1:25-cv-00466 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Sept. 16, 2025

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] The Trump administration brought suit against the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) and Providence Public School District (PPSD), claiming that Defendants are discriminating against white teachers on the basis of their race, in violation of federal law.

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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…

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