Active Cases

Since 1966, CCR has pioneered daring and innovative legal strategies in pursuit of its mission to advance and protect the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Our work began on behalf of civil rights activists, and since then CCR has lent its expertise and support to virtually every popular progressive movement.

Our current cases reflects our unwavering commitment to progressive principles, people’s movements and human rights as well as our creative use of the law as a positive force for social change.

Floyd, et al. v. City of New York, et al.

A federal class action lawsuit against the City of New York that challenges the NYPD's practices of racial profiling and unconstitutional stop and frisks.

Updated: June 5, 2023

Ashker v. Governor of California

A federal class action lawsuit challenging prolonged solitary confinement as cruel and unusual punishment.

Updated: May 18, 2023

Black Love Resists in the Rust v. City of Buffalo

In the summer of 2012, the Buffalo Police Department created a "Strike Force" Unit to aggressively patrol and conduct vehicle checkpoints in "high crime" areas of the city. While purportedly set up...

Updated: May 16, 2023

Brownsville Texas / SpaceX Open Records Requests

In August 2022, local activists submitted multiple requests for information on possible collusion between government officials and Elon Musk’s tech giant SpaceX in the company’s expansion in South...

Updated: May 10, 2023

The Descendants Project v. St. John the Baptist Parish

On November 9, 2021, on behalf of The Descendants Project, an organization founded to advocate for descendants of people once enslaved in Louisiana’s river parishes, the Center for Constitutional...

Updated: May 8, 2023

Jewish National Fund v. US Campaign for Palestinian Rights

The US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) is a national coalition of hundreds of groups working for freedom, justice, and equality, and one of the oldest and largest Palestine solidarity...

Updated: May 3, 2023

Doe v. Hood

In 2003, in the landmark decision Lawrence v. Texas , the United States Supreme Court declared that state statutes that criminalize sodomy are unconstitutional. In its sweeping decision, the Supreme...

Updated: April 13, 2023

Arizona v. Garland

Home is Here NOLA, Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy, and Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in Detention, three local immigrant rights organizations, are challenging subpoenas from Louisiana...

Updated: April 5, 2023

Ortiz v. Orange County, N.Y.

Ortiz et al. v. Orange County, NY et al. is a federal lawsuit against Orange County in New York, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and county officials for their punitive retaliation...

Updated: April 4, 2023

Mississippi Department of Human Services v. Mississippi Community Education Center, Inc.

A lawsuit filed by the Mississippi Department of Human Services seeking to recoup tens of millions of dollars of misappropriated welfare funds

Updated: March 30, 2023

Inclusive Louisiana, Mount Triumph Baptist Church, RISE St. James v. St. James Parish, et al

Inclusive Louisiana, Mount Triumph Baptist Church, and RISE St. James brought this action against St. James Parish for its decades of environmental racism and discriminatory siting of industrial...

Updated: March 22, 2023

Lopez v. NYC Department of Homeless Services

Mariah Lopez v. New York City Department of Homeless Services is a case concerning the failure of the NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS) to serve transgender people in safe shelters, meet...

Updated: March 20, 2023

Al Otro Lado v. Mayorkas

Al Otro Lado, Inc., et al. v. Alejandro Mayorkas, et al. , is a class action lawsuit against officials at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in a...

Updated: March 14, 2023

D.J.C.V. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

D.J.C.V. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") is a habeas corpus case on behalf of D.J.C.V., a two-year old child, and his father, Mr. C., who are asylum seekers from Honduras. They...

Updated: March 13, 2023

Bronner v. Duggan

Bronner v. Duggan is a case filed by four American Studies Association (ASA) members against the ASA and ten individuals following the organization's passage of a resolution to endorse and honor the...

Updated: March 13, 2023

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