Racial Justice
Fund for Empowerment v. Phoenix, City of
Fund for Empowerment is a challenge to the City of Phoenix’s practice of conducting sweeps of encampments without notice, issuing citations to unsheltered people for camping and sleeping on public property when they have no place else to go, and confiscating and destroying their property without notice or process.
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2023
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Muldrow v. City of St. Louis
Do employees claiming that they have been denied a transfer because of their race have to demonstrate in addition that the transfer caused a significant material disadvantage?
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2023
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United States v. Rahimi
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8), which prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic-violence restraining orders, violates the Second Amendment on its face.
Status: Ongoing
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Jun 2020
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Defy Ventures, Inc. v. Small Business Administration
Suing the Trump administration to lift its unlawful exclusion of businesses owned by people with criminal records from being eligible for Paycheck Protection Act funds
Status: Ongoing
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California
Mar 2019
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MediaJustice, et al. v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al.
On March 21, 2019, the American Civil Liberties Union and MediaJustice, formerly known as "Center for Media Justice," filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records about FBI targeting of Black activists. The lawsuit enforces the ACLU and MediaJustice’s right to information about a 2017 FBI Intelligence Assessment that asserts, without evidence, that a group of so-called “Black Identity Extremists” poses a threat of domestic terrorism. The Intelligence Assessment was widely disseminated to law enforcement agencies nationwide, raising public concern about government surveillance of Black people and Black-led organizations based on anti-Black stereotypes and First Amendment protected activities.
Status: Ongoing
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Aug 2015
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S.R. v. Kenton County Sheriff's Office
A deputy sheriff shackled two elementary school children who have disabilities, causing them pain and trauma, according to a federal lawsuit filed today by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Children's Law Center, and Dinsmore & Shohl.
Status: Closed (Settled)
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Feb 2021
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Jones et al v. City of Faribault
The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Minnesota sued the City of Faribault, Minnesota for its unconstitutional rental licensing ordinance, aimed at reducing the number of people of color living in rental housing within its borders.
Status: Ongoing
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Racial Justice
Jones et al v. City of Faribault
The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Minnesota sued the City of Faribault, Minnesota for its unconstitutional rental licensing ordinance, aimed at reducing the number of people of color living in rental housing within its borders.
Feb 2021
Status: Ongoing
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Montana
Nov 2020
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Suda v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Montana filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of two American citizens detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection for speaking Spanish while shopping at a local convenience store in Havre, Montana.
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Montana
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Immigrants' Rights
Suda v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Montana filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of two American citizens detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection for speaking Spanish while shopping at a local convenience store in Havre, Montana.
Nov 2020
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Sep 2020
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NAACP Minnesota-Dakotas Area State Conference v. Simon
The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Minnesota, and Faegre Drinker LLP are suing Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon seeking to make voting safer in Minnesota in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Status: Closed (Dismissed)
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Racial Justice
Voting Rights
NAACP Minnesota-Dakotas Area State Conference v. Simon
The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Minnesota, and Faegre Drinker LLP are suing Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon seeking to make voting safer in Minnesota in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sep 2020
Status: Closed (Dismissed)
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Jun 2020
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McCadden v. City of Flint
The ACLU and the ACLU of Michigan filed a lawsuit against the Flint Police Department and the Flint Chamber of Commerce on behalf of Cameron McCadden, a child with disabilities who was handcuffed by a school resource officer (SRO) when he was seven years old. Cameron, who is black, has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Status: Closed (Settled)
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Racial Justice
Disability Rights
McCadden v. City of Flint
The ACLU and the ACLU of Michigan filed a lawsuit against the Flint Police Department and the Flint Chamber of Commerce on behalf of Cameron McCadden, a child with disabilities who was handcuffed by a school resource officer (SRO) when he was seven years old. Cameron, who is black, has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Jun 2020
Status: Closed (Settled)
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New York
May 2020
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Francis v. Kings Park Manor
On May 7, 2020, the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, the New York Civil Liberties Union, the National Women’s Law Center, and Jenner & Block LLP, filed an amicus brief in support of Plaintiff-Appellant Donahue Francis, a tenant in a New York apartment complex who brought a Fair Housing Act (FHA) claim against his landlord for failing to respond to a racially discriminatory harassment by another tenant, where the landlord was aware of the conduct.
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New York
Racial Justice
Francis v. Kings Park Manor
On May 7, 2020, the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, the New York Civil Liberties Union, the National Women’s Law Center, and Jenner & Block LLP, filed an amicus brief in support of Plaintiff-Appellant Donahue Francis, a tenant in a New York apartment complex who brought a Fair Housing Act (FHA) claim against his landlord for failing to respond to a racially discriminatory harassment by another tenant, where the landlord was aware of the conduct.
May 2020
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