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.

Duran v. Trump

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

Updated: May 6, 2026

Al Shimari, et al. v. CACI

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

Updated: May 5, 2026

Doe v. Cisco Systems, Inc. (Amicus)

ATS case bringing claims that U.S. technology company Cisco Systems, Inc. aided and abetted serious human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners in China

Updated: April 29, 2026

FOIA Request Regarding Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (“GHF”) aka “Global Humanitarian Fund” is a private corporation registered on November 11, 2024 as a “charitable nonprofit” in Delaware. The Boston Consulting Group...

Updated: April 17, 2026

Rural Roots Louisiana, et al., v. Port of South Louisiana

In March 2025, federal and state officials announced a massive incentive package for Hyundai Steel to locate in a planned industrial park on the west bank of Ascension Parish, Louisiana. The plan...

Updated: April 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: April 2, 2026

Rural Roots Louisiana, et al. v. Louisiana Division of Administration, et al.

In March 2025, federal and state officials announced a massive incentive package for Hyundai Steel to locate in a planned industrial park on the west bank of Ascension Parish, Louisiana. The plan...

Updated: April 2, 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

Rural Roots Louisiana and Louisiana Bucket Brigade v. Ascension Parish

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 Parish...

Updated: December 10, 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

Gutierrez v. Noem

Gutierrez v. Noem is a case filed by two men who are nationals of Nicaragua currently in immigration detention at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Station, on behalf of themselves and a similarly situated...

Updated: September 2, 2025

Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. Noem/ Suazo-Muller v. Noem

Since February 4, 2025, in now daily flights, the government has reportedly transferred dozens of immigrants from the United States to Guantánamo. While their photos have been publicized—with scared...

Updated: July 10, 2025

White Hat v. Murrill

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: June 24, 2025

Alexander, et al, v. St. James Parish

The Center Constitutional Rights represents Inclusive Louisiana and Mount Triumph Baptist Church in their appeal of the local government's approval of a request by Koch Methanol to expand its...

Updated: May 15, 2025

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: April 2, 2025

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