Cases

Al-Quraishi, et al. v. Nakhla and L-3 Services

Al Quraishi v. Nakhla and L-3 Services challenged corporate impunity for torture and other war crimes at Abu Ghraib and other prisons in Iraq.

Updated: September 8, 2021

Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. (Amicus)

In two amicus briefs to the Supreme Court in 2011 and 2012, CCR argues that, reflecting general principles of international law, corporations can be held liable in U.S. courts for human rights...

Updated: March 29, 2018

National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) v. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE)

National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) was a Freedom of Information (FOIA) lawsuit that forced the U.S. government to release...

Updated: July 13, 2022

United States of America and Vulcan Society, Inc. v. City of New York

A federal class action lawsuit on behalf of the Vulcan Society and individual firefighters and firefighter applicants charging the New York City Fire Department with racially discriminatory hiring...

Updated: June 15, 2016

Brown, et al. v. Snyder, et al.

On March 16, 2011, the Republican Governor Richard Snyder signed into law Public Act No. 4, the Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act, also known as the “emergency...

Updated: April 29, 2014

Corrie et al. v. Caterpillar

Corrie v. Caterpillar was a federal lawsuit filed against Illinois-based Caterpillar, Inc. on behalf of the parents of Rachel Corrie and four Palestinian families whose relatives were killed or...

Updated: November 19, 2018

SNAP v. the Pope, et al.

Ongoing revelations of pervasive and serious sexual violence against children and vulnerable adults by priests and others associated with the Catholic Church in different parts of the world have...

Updated: August 20, 2018

Gulino v. The Board of Education of the City of New York and the New York State Education Department

A class action lawsuit challenging the racially discriminatory impact of several standardized tests New York City used in a re-certification process for City public school teachers

Updated: September 23, 2020

Bellant v. Snyder (Phillips v. Snyder)

Federal lawsuit challenging constitutionality of state-appointed “Emergency Managers” in predominantly black and brown communities of Michigan

Updated: July 25, 2018

Almontaser v. Hilton Hotel is a suit which charged the Hilton Hotel for intentional employment discrimination against Arab-American Muslims who worked as catering staff at the New York Hilton Hotel...

Updated: October 9, 2007

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Cases

Al-Quraishi, et al. v. Nakhla and L-3 Services

Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. (Amicus)

National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) v. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE)

United States of America and Vulcan Society, Inc. v. City of New York

Brown, et al. v. Snyder, et al.

Corrie et al. v. Caterpillar

SNAP v. the Pope, et al.

Gulino v. The Board of Education of the City of New York and the New York State Education Department

Bellant v. Snyder (Phillips v. Snyder)

Almontaser v. Hilton Hotel

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