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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Smith v. Trump

1:21-CV-02265 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 26, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case was filed by U.S. Capitol Police Officers who defended the capitol during the January 6, 2021 insurrection. The Officers sued numerous individuals involved with the riot, including Donald Trump, the leaders of the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, American Phoenix Project, and Three Percenters. This case is part of a Clearinghouse Special Collection on January 6 Civil Cases.  On August 26, 2021, a group of seven U.S. Capitol Police officers brought this civil suit in U.S. District Court for t…

Case Is Ongoing

POLICING
Index Newspapers LLC v. City of Portland

3:20-cv-01035 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: June 28, 2020

Closed Date: March 12, 2025

This case involved allegations that the Portland police assaulted news reporters, photographers, legal observers, and other neutrals who were documenting the police’s violent response to protests over the murder of George Floyd. On June 28, 2020, the plaintiffs, who are members of the media and legal observers, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon on behalf of themselves and as a class of similarly situated people. The plaintiffs sued the City of Por…

Settled: Case Closed

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
American Association of University Professors v. Rubio

1:25-cv-10685 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the Trump administration's alleged policy of “ideological deportation,” comprised of large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty who participated in pro-Palestinian protests and other related expression and association. On March 25, 2025, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), three AAUP campus chapters, and the Middle East Studies Association filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massac…
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Judgment for Plaintiff

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Nexus Services, Inc.

5:21-cv-00016 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 2021

Closed Date: Oct. 15, 2025

On February 21, 2024, Nexus appealed the District Court for the Western District of Virginia’s order denying their motion for judgment on the pleadings. They also appealed the District Court’s denial of certification of an interlocutory appeal. The 4th Circuit dismissed Nexus’ appeal because appellate courts may only exercise jurisdiction over the final orders or decisions of district courts, certain interlocutory appeals, and collateral orders. Nexus argued that the appeal on the motion for ju…

Judgment for Plaintiff

Affirmed

HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
State of Washington v. Department of Justice

2:25-cv-00244 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the constitutionality of President Trump’s January 28, 2025 Executive Order 14187 (EO 14187), titled “Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” that sought in the sections relevant to this case: (1) to prevent medical institutions from providing gender-affirming care to individuals under nineteen years old by conditioning federal funds on institutions' cessation of such care (Section 4 of EO 14187), and (2) to encourage criminal prosecution by insinuating …

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PUBLIC HOUSING
Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

1:66-cv-01459 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 1966

Case Ongoing

Filed in 1966 and still ongoing as of 2022, this is one of the most significant housing desegregation cases ever, leading to the nation's first desegregative housing mobility voucher program. In collaboration with BPI, the Chicago public interest organization that has for decades represented the plaintiffs in this case, the Clearinghouse has acquired and posted the full litigation record—over 2100 documents, all told.  About 230 "core" documents are set to display here; if you click on "show mo…
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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Flores v. Reno

2:85-cv-04544 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 11, 1985

Case Ongoing

Note: We've tagged this case as one challenging President Trump's immigration executive orders because those executive orders and their implementing memoranda, included as "resources," below, touch on many of the matters subject to longstanding court oversight in this case. On July 11, 1985, attorneys from the National Center for Immigrants' Rights, the National Center for Youth Law, and the ACLU Foundation of Southern California represented four minors who filed this class action complaint aga…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

Appeal Pending

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…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Washington v. The GEO Group Inc.

3:17-cv-05806 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case addressed whether a Washington State minimum wage law applied to immigration detainees. The state of Washington filed suit in the Pierce County Superior Court on September 20, 2017. The defendant was the GEO Group, Inc., a for-profit corporation that operated the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC). Washington alleged two causes of action. First, they claimed defendant’s policy of paying immigrant detainees only $1 per day violated the Washington Minimum Wage Act (MWA), which set the mi…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. E*Trade Access

1:03-cv-11206 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: June 25, 2003

Closed Date: Aug. 21, 2020

This is a class action case about accessibility of bank ATMs for blind people. On June 25, 2003, the state of Massachusetts, the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), and several blind individuals sued E*Trade Access and E*Trade Bank in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, alleging that the defendants' ATMs were not accessible to blind people. The plaintiffs alleged that this violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Massachusetts law, and sought a declarato…