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JAIL CONDITIONS
Gonzalez v. Ahern

3:19-cv-07423 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 11, 2019

Closed Date: Feb. 10, 2026

On November 11, 2019, prisoners at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California, filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued Alameda County, Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, the sheriff of Alameda County and assistant sheriff of Alameda County, Detention and Corrections Commander of Alameda County, Aramark Correctional Services, Commander in Charge of Santa Rita Jail, several guards at Santa Rita Jail, the California Forensic …

Settled: Case Closed

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
New York v. Trump

1:20-cv-05770 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 24, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 15, 2021

This is a case about whether the federal government must include undocumented immigrants in the 2020 Census count. On July 21, 2020, President Trump issued a memo ordering the exclusion of undocumented immigrants from the state-population totals used to calculate the state's apportionments (the Memo). In response, on July 24, 2020, twenty states, ten cities, four counties, and the District of Columbia filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. …

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Case Dismissed on Appeal

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Susman Godfrey LLP v. Executive Office of the President

1:25-cv-01107 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the constitutionality of an executive order (EO) that targeted a private law firm for its client representation and public positions. On April 11, 2025, Susman Godfrey LLP filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Executive Office of the President, the Department of Justice, the Office of Management and Budget, and other federal agencies and officials. Represented by Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, the firm sought declaratory and inj…

Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Potter v. District of Columbia

1:01-cv-01189 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 30, 2001

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department’s (D.C. Fire’s) grooming policy. The policy sets restrictions on the hair and facial hair of employees. Specifically, it sets restrictions on hair and facial hair length and requires that hair and facial hair be groomed in accordance with the policy.  On May 30, 2001, a group of firefighters in D.C. Fire brought this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Seeking declaratory an…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Fain v. Crouch

3:20-cv-00740 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 2020

Case Ongoing

On November 12, 2020, three private plaintiffs (individually, “CF”, “ZM”, and “BM”; collectively, “Plaintiffs”), represented by Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and private counsel, filed a class action lawsuit against the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”), West Virginia Bureau for Medical Services (“BMS”), West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency (“PEIA”), and the Health Plan of West Virginia, Inc. (“HPWV”), (collectively, “WVA”), in the United States…

Judgment for Plaintiff

Reversed

PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Steward v. Perry

5:10-cv-01025 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 20, 2010

Case Ongoing

Adults with developmental disabilities who were institutionalized filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas alleging that they, along with the class of similarly situated individuals, were institutionalized unnecessarily as a result of the policies of the State of Texas. There are also two organizational Plaintiffs: the Arc of Texas and the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities. The Plaintiffs alleged that Texas failed to provide adequate habilitation and s…

Case Is Ongoing

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
VoteAmerica v. Schwab

2:21-cv-02253 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: June 2, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case concerns the constitutionality of provisions of Kansas’s HB 2332 restricting third-party distribution of advance mail voting applications. On June 2, 2021, VoteAmerica, a California nonprofit, and Voter Participation Center, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit (together, “Plaintiffs”), filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas against Scott Schwab, Kansas Secretary of State, in his official capacity, and Stephen Howe, District Attorney of Johnson County,…

Appeal Pending

PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Planned Parenthood Center for Choice v. Abbott

1:20-cv-00323 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: March 25, 2020

Closed Date: March 5, 2021

On March 25, 2020, Planned Parenthood and other Texas abortion providers brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief in the Western District of Texas. Represented by Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and the Lawyering Project, the plaintiffs challenged the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's interpretation of Governor Greg Abbott’s March 22, 2020, Executive Order GA 09, “Relating to hospital capacity during the C…
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Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Flores v. The National Football League

1:22-cv-00871 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a class action lawsuit alleging race discrimination in the National Football League's hiring of coaching staff. On February 1, 2022, former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores—who had been fired by the Dolphins and then rejected from other coaching jobs—filed a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the NFL, Dolphins, New York Giants, and Denver Broncos. Flores, who is Black, put forth evidence that he was subjected to “sham” i…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Abrego Garcia v. Noem

8:25-cv-00951 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

On March 15, 2025, as reported by several news outlets, the second Trump administration deported almost 300 noncitizens—mostly Venezuelan nationals and some Salvadoran nationals—to El Salvador without going through any legal process in front of an immigration judge. Upon arrival, they were sent to the country’s mega-prison, the Terrorism Confinement Center or CECOT. This lawsuit challenged the deportation of one of the Salvadoran nationals, who had actually won protection from removal several y…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied