The Supreme Court will hear CCR's case Al Odah v. U.S. this term.
Between current and past cases we have approximately 150 case descriptions available here. This list can be ordered by date or name, and filtered by the issues to which they relate.
The search function may be more efficient when looking for specific releases.
Khaled Abd el Ghabar Mohammed Othman is a Yemeni refugee who has been detained in Guantánamo for over eight years. His case is one of many where the government and habeas counsel have been in…
Palestine Information Office v. Shultz is a case in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed an amicus brief, opposing the closure of the Palestine Information Office in Washington, D.C.
Palmer v. Thompson is a civil rights case which the Black citizens of Jackson, Mississippi brought against the City for closing the public city pools instead of desegregating them.
Paul v. Avril is a case in which Haitian President Proper Avril was charged with human rights violations.
People v. Mandel is a 1975 criminal case in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) sought to bar evidence of the complainant's prior sexual conduct from a rape trial.
Powell v. McCormack is a 1960’s government misconduct case filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights on behalf of Adam Clayton Powell, claiming that the House of Representatives unconstitutionally excluded him from the 90th Congress.
Talisman Energy, Inc. aided and abetted the Sudanese Government in a campaign of genocide and torture against non-Muslim African people in Southern Sudan in order to expand their oil exploration in the region.
CCR has developed a packet of pro se materials to assist Haitian detainees and immigration attorneys advocate for their release.
“Puerto Rican Subversives List” refers to the efforts of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) to help secure the release of the dossiers of 135,000 people who had been spied on by the Commonwealth's Police…
Rahim v FBI is a federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation filed in the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana…
In early 2002, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed two habeas corpus petitions, Rasul v. Bush and Habib v. Bush, challenging the U.S. government's practice of holding foreign nationals captured in connection with its…
Rasul v. Rumsfeld is a lawsuit against former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on behalf of four former detainees seeking damages for their arbitrary detention and torture while detained at Guantánamo.
Reagan v. Wald is a 1985 case in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), along with Leonard Boudin and the National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee (NECLC), sought to enjoin restrictions on travel to Cuba…
Republic of the Philippines v. Marcos is a 1986 case which recovered New York real estate bought with illicit funds by the Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE RIGHT TO HEAL INITIATIVE, VISIT RIGHTTOHEAL.ORG. On the tenth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Iraqis and U.S. military veterans came together to hold the U.S. government accountable for…
On May 24, 2010 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted Mr. Cardenas’ petition for review. The court vacated the Board of Immigration Appeals’ 8-6 en banc decision affirming the Immigration Judge’s…
Salah et al., v. Dep’t of Treasury, is a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of Muhammad Salah, U.S. citizen residing in this country, challenging the Treasury Department’s decision to designate Mr. Salah a “specially designated…
Salas v. United States is a case in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) brought charges against the United States for the 1989 illegal invasion of Panama and subsequent human rights violations. The case…
Saleh v. Titan is a federal lawsuit brought by more than 250 Iraqi plaintiffs against private contractors CACI International Incorporated and Titan Corporation (now L-3 Services). It charges the companies with torture and other heinous and illegal…
Sanchez v. Reagan is a 1984 case which challenged U.S. officials’ support for murder, rape, and other torture in Nicaragua.
This case, Seeds of Peace v. City of Pittsburgh, USDC W.D. PA, was filed on behalf of activists harassed by the police in the days before the G20 summit in Pittsburgh. It is related to the Codepink Pittsburgh Women for…
Shenandoah, et al. v. Halbritter is a civil rights case that was filed on behalf of the Oneida Nation of New York against the U.S. Department of the Interior, charging that the government violated the…
On September 13, 2011, a survivor-led support group for clergy sex abuse victims formally urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to investigate the Vatican for crimes against humanity. Leaders of SNAP, the Survivors Network…
Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain is a lawsuit that charged Francisco Sosa with wrongfully detaining Dr. Humberto Alvarez-Machain. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed an amicus curiae brief in support of Dr. Alvarez-Machain.
Soto v. Romero-Barcelo was a case which brought suit to uncover FBI involvement in the killing of young pro-independence activists at Cerro Maravilla, Puerto Rico. The case led to substantial awards to plaintiffs and televised…
