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.

East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Barr

Non-profit, grassroots organizations fighting for the rights of immigrants and refugees to challenge a Trump administration asylum ban rule.

Updated: July 22, 2019

Awad, et al. v. Fordham University

CCR and Palestine Legal are advocating on behalf of Fordham students who were denied permission to start Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the university and then disciplined for protesting...

Updated: July 15, 2019

Silber, et al. v. Airbnb

An intervention in a settler case against Airbnb on behalf of Palestinian landowners.

Updated: July 15, 2019

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: July 15, 2019

Accountability for International Crimes in Afghanistan

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda filed a request with the Pre-Trial Chamber on November 20, 2017 seeking judicial authorization to open a formal investigation into crimes...

Updated: July 12, 2019

Al Shimari, et al. v. CACI

A challenge to corporate impunity under the Alien Tort Statute for war crimes and torture at Abu Ghraib prison.

Updated: July 11, 2019

R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Aimee Stephens (Amicus)

The Center for Constitutional Rights and the Transgender Law Center filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court on behalf of more than 45 non-profit and grassroots organizations...

Updated: July 3, 2019

Ramapough Mountain Indians, Inc. v. Township of Mahwah, Ramapo Hunt & Polo Club

The Ramapough Lenape Nation are descendants of the original people of the Ramapo Mountains, and many of them reside in the village of Mahwah. The Tribe owns a parcel of land in Mahwah which is a...

Updated: July 2, 2019

Argus Leader Media Amicus

This case involves a corporate trade group's challenge to 40 years of precedent limiting the government's ability to withhold information requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). On...

Updated: June 18, 2019

Ashker v. Governor of California

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

Updated: June 3, 2019

Aref, et al. v. Barr, et al.

A due process challenge to the Communications Management Units (CMUs), two highly restrictive federal prison units that segregate certain prisoners and severely limit and control their communication...

Updated: June 3, 2019

White Hat v. Landry

In 2018, the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association (LMOGA) drafted and proposed an amendment to Louisiana’s Critical Infrastructure law, which was passed by the legislature, that is so...

Updated: May 22, 2019

Furlow v. Belmar

For many years, St. Louis and surrounding Missouri counties have permitted police officers to issue the equivalent of a statewide arrest warrant into an electronic database, designating an individual...

Updated: May 20, 2019

Turkmen v. Ashcroft

A class action lawsuit challenging the 9/11 immigration detentions.

Updated: May 20, 2019

East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump

This case was brought by non-profit, grassroots organizations fighting for the rights of immigrants and refugees to challenge the Trump administration’s sudden and unilateral imposition of a bar on...

Updated: May 9, 2019

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