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.

K.W. v. The City of New York (Amicus Brief)

When K.W.’s son, K.A. was just six days old, New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) separated him from his parents without court order. After his extrajudicial removal, K.A...

Updated: July 30, 2026

Burnley v. United States

On October 14, 2025, two Trinidadian men, Chad Joseph, 26, and Rishi Samaroo, 41, were killed by a missile strike launched by the United States government. Mr. Joseph and Mr. Samaroo had been fishing...

Updated: July 8, 2026

Rural Roots Louisiana and Mount Triumph Baptist Church v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

In March 2025, federal and state officials announced a massive incentive package for a planned industrial park on the west bank of Ascension Parish, Louisiana. The plan would spell the end of the...

Updated: July 2, 2026

Eye on Surveillance, et al. v. New Orleans City Council, et al.

On April 16, 2026, the New Orleans City Council voted to approve a controversial law enforcement program known as the “Drone as First Responder” program. The program would launch drones equipped with...

Updated: June 22, 2026

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: June 19, 2026

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: June 3, 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

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

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

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