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.

Archer et al. v. City of New York

Archer et al. v. City of New York is a federal class action lawsuit against New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), challenging ACS’s widespread and racially discriminatory...

Updated: May 28, 2026

Allan Feliz Article 78 Case

In October 2019, NYPD then-Sergeant Jonathan Rivera shot and killed Allan Feliz during a traffic stop in the Bronx. NYPD officers stated they pulled Allan over for allegedly not wearing a seatbelt,...

Updated: May 27, 2026

Duncan v. Landry

Calvin Duncan is a Black exoneree, law school graduate, advocate, and current Clerk-Elect for the Criminal Court in New Orleans Parish. He is being targeted by high-level Louisiana officials for his...

Updated: May 15, 2026

Duran v. Trump

A habeas corpus case on behalf of Guled Hassan Duran, a native of Somalia.

Updated: May 6, 2026

FOIA requests re: anti-LGBTQIA+ Executive Orders

Beginning the date of the inauguration on January 20, 2025, the Trump administration issued a series of anti-LGBTQIA+ executive orders, particularly restricting access to medical care, travel,...

Updated: May 5, 2026

Lavi, et al. v. UNRWA USA National Committee, Inc. and UNRWA

UNRWA USA National Committee, Inc. (UNRWA USA) is a U.S. nonprofit that supports the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) . Following the attacks of...

Updated: May 5, 2026

Estate of Sivan Sha'arabany, et al. v. UNRWA USA National Committee Inc. and UNRWA

UNRWA USA National Committee Inc. (UNRWA USA) is a U.S. nonprofit that supports the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Following the attacks of...

Updated: May 5, 2026

ICE Habeas: Palestinian Man Detained in Texas Despite Order of Withholding

Mohammad Abushanab is a 27-year-old Palestinian man who was born in Tulkarm in the West Bank and has spent nearly 16 months in immigration detention. He came to the United States in July of 2024 to...

Updated: April 14, 2026

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Derek Lee

This case aims to end the state of Pennsylvania’s mandatory imposition of death-by-incarceration sentences, otherwise known as life without parole, for Derek Lee and others convicted of felony murder...

Updated: March 26, 2026

Havlish v. Taliban / In re 9/11 Attacks / Owens v. Taliban - Frozen Afghan Assets (Amicus)

Following the United States government’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 and the Taliban’s takeover of the country, the Biden Administration announced it would freeze over $7 billion held in the...

Updated: March 23, 2026

The Big House Cemetery Committee, et al. v. Theresa Aigner, et al.

On April 30, 2025, residents raised in St. Helena Island, SC, filed a lawsuit against Theresa Aigner, Robert Cody Harper, and Walter Robert Harper, Jr, newcomer neighbors who have obstructed access...

Updated: February 27, 2026

Sacred Ground - The Fight to Protect Burial Sites of Enslaved People

Inclusive Louisiana, a faith-based, grassroots organization working for racial and environmental justice in St. James Parish, Louisiana, to spread "enlightenment and hope" and create a fairer and...

Updated: February 3, 2026

Rankin County MS District Attorney Goon Squad Records

In 2023, news reports exposed a years-long pattern of torture, extreme violence, and other abusive practices by deputies in the Sheriff’s Office to coerce confessions and manufacture evidence for...

Updated: January 22, 2026

Stanley v. Ivey

In Alabama’s complex history, the remnants of slavery in the state’s prison system cast a long shadow. Following the legal abolition of slavery in Alabama, through the ratification of the Thirteenth...

Updated: December 23, 2025

Rural Roots Louisiana and Louisiana Bucket Brigade v. Ascension Economic Development Corporation

Facing another threatened industrial buildout in the heart of Louisiana's Cancer Alley, Rural Roots Louisiana and Louisiana Bucket Brigade brought a public records case against Ascension Economic...

Updated: December 10, 2025

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