Cases

Presbyterian Church of Sudan et al v. Talisman Energy, Inc. (Amicus Brief)

Talisman Energy, Inc. aided and abetted the Sudanese Government in a campaign of genocide and torture against non-Muslim African people in Southern Sudan in order to expand their oil exploration in...

Updated: October 2, 2012

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

Turkmen v. Ashcroft

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

Updated: July 5, 2022

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

Ag-gag litigation (Amicus)

Amicus briefs supporting animal rights and other activists' challenges to state “ag-gag” laws.

Updated: December 3, 2019

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

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Cases

Presbyterian Church of Sudan et al v. Talisman Energy, Inc. (Amicus Brief)

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.

Turkmen v. Ashcroft

Corrie et al. v. Caterpillar

Ag-gag litigation (Amicus)

SNAP v. the Pope, et al.

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