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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
City and County of San Francisco v. Donald J. Trump

3:25-cv-01350 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the Trump Administration’s authority to withhold federal funding from "sanctuary cities" in order to coerce them to comply with the Administration’s immigration agenda. On February 7, 2025, five cities and counties – San Francisco, CA; Santa Clara, CA; Portland, OR; King County, WA; and New Haven, CT – filed this lawsuit against President Donald Trump, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in U.S. District Court for the Northern District o…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Fraihat v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

5:19-cv-01546 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2019

Closed Date: March 17, 2025

On August 19, 2019, Al Otro Lado and the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice, as well as 15 individuals who are currently being detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a total of 8 facilities across 6 states, filed this class-action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs are represented by the Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center, Disability Rights Advocates, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and private counsel. The…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Thompson v. State of Alabama

2:16-cv-00783 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2016

Closed Date: May 25, 2023

A voting rights organization and several convicted felons filed putative class action against the Alabama Secretary of State, chair of county board of registrars, and chair of Board of Pardons and Paroles, alleging that the amendment to state constitution disenfranchising persons convicted of felonies involving moral turpitude violated Equal Protection and Ex Post Facto Clauses, and that Alabama's mail voting registration form violated National Voting Registration Act (NVRA).  The Supreme Court…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Amos v. Hall

4:20-cv-00007 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Jan. 14, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 13, 2023

On January 14, 2020, this putative class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi on behalf of prisoners at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Mississippi. The suit arose after the publication of an open letter dated January 9 from rapper Jay-Z to Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant, decrying the conditions at state correctional facilities. The plaintiffs were represented by lawyers affiliated with Team ROC, the social justice wing o…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

DISABILITY RIGHTS
American Council of the Blind of Metropolitan Chicago v. Chicago

1:19-cv-06322 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Sept. 23, 2019

Case Ongoing

This class action lawsuit, filed in 2019, alleged that the City of Chicago’s failure to equip signalized street intersections with accessible pedestrian signals (ASPs) constituted illegal discrimination against Chicago’s blind residents and visitors. ASPs are used by blind pedestrians to travel safely at intersections. In municipalities which have installed ASPs, blind pedestrians can receive information and warnings about oncoming traffic by listening to the sounds played by the signal (e.g. “…

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

4:19-cv-05210 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2019

Closed Date: March 1, 2023

This case is one of several brought nationwide by states, counties, and non-profit organizations challenging the Trump administration's revised, final public charge rule, which expands the types of programs that the federal government will consider in public charge determinations to now also include previously excluded health, nutrition, and housing programs. In the fall of 2019, district court judges from across the country granted preliminary injunctions enjoining the government from implemen…
POLICING
Lou v. Lopinto

2:21-cv-00080 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Jan. 14, 2021

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2023

This case involved the death of a 16-year-old autistic child who died while being restrained by police. On January 14, 2021, the parents of the child sued several law enforcement individuals of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, the ABC Insurance Company, an unidentified insurance company, and the shopping center where the incident took place. The plaintiffs alleged that the law enforcement officers engaged in excessive and unreasonable force in the seizure and restraint of the child, which…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Satchell v. Federal Express Corp.

3:03-cv-02659 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 6, 2003

Closed Date: 2012

On June 6, 2003, a group of African American and Latino employees filed this class action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, Cal. Gov. Code § 12900 et seq., against their employer, FedEx, in Alameda County Superior Court. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that FedEx discriminated against its African American and Latino employees. Specifically,…
POLICING
Hankin v. City of Seattle

2:00-cv-01672 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Oct. 2, 2000

Closed Date: 2007

The facts of this case are provided by a memorandum filed by the plaintiffs following their original complaint because the complaint filed on October 2, 2000 is unavailable. On October 2, 2000, five plaintiffs filed a class action complaint in the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs alleged that the Mayor of Seattle, the Police Chief of Seattle and the City of Seattle violated their first amendment rights to free speech and assembly by instituting mass arrests in response to protests…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Oster v. Wagner

4:09-cv-04668 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2009

Closed Date: 2014

On October 1, 2009, several disabled individuals requiring in-home support services filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the California Department of Health Care Services and California Department of Social Services. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendants' proposed budget cuts would threaten their ability to remain in the least restrictive settings appropriate, which would have violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Me…