The Supreme Court will hear CCR's case Al Odah v. U.S. this term.
Between current and past cases we have approximately 150 case descriptions available here. This list can be ordered by date or name, and filtered by the issues to which they relate.
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Briggs v. Goodwin is a case in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) led a team of lawyers in successfully defending leaders of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, known as the “Gainesville Eight,”…
Brown v. City of Chattanooga is one of CCR’s municipal at-large cases, which consist of several cases filed on behalf of voters of color to challenge the at-large electoral system for violating the Voting Rights…
Bruno v. McGuire is a lawsuit that challenged the New York City Police Department’s policy of refusing to arrest men who beat their wives. It also charged court clerks and counselors with refusing to allow…
Burns v. City of Detroit is a civil rights case filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) that alleged sexual harassment and discrimination by the Detroit Police Department.
Byrd v. Goord is a civil rights case that challenged the collect-call only telephone service for prison inmates operated by the New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS).
Staff Sergeant Mejia-Castillo was discharged for "bad conduct" and sentenced to a year in military prison for refusing to return to fight in Iraq, where "torture and abuse were destroying the lives of the Iraqis."…
Campaign to Save Our Hospitals v. Giuliani is a lawsuit brought on behalf of the public interest organization Campaign to Save Our Hospitals, charging New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani with violating the New York…
CCR joined as an amicus in urging the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to determine that the longstanding failure to investigate, prosecute, or prevent the crimes in this case (three in a series of hundreds…
Casas-Castrillon v. Lockyer is one of several cases in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has signed on as amicus curiae to support non-citizens seeking relief from immigration detention. It involves a challenge to…
CCR v. Bush is a lawsuit filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) against President George W. Bush, the head of the National Security Agency (NSA), and the heads of the other major security…
Celikgogus v. Rumsfeld is a case seeking compensatory damages and declaratory relief for five former Guantánamo detainees.
In 2007, the CCR filed a lawsuit against the City of Pittsburgh and various City Police officers alleging that the Pittsburgh police unconstitutionally used TASERS against peaceful demonstrators at an anti-war demonstration in Pittsburgh. The…
Clavir v. Levi is a case brought against the FBI for illegal surveillance activities, and was instrumental in revealing the extent and the danger of FBI surveillance methods, as well as setting a precedent for…
CCR filed this federal suit to protect the First Amendment rights of peace, social justice and environmental justice groups to dissent and protest at and around the G-20 summit, held in Pittsburgh September 24-25, 2009. …
Coker v. Georgia is a lawsuit in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court, together with a broad range of other women's legal organizations, on the unconstitutionality…
Conyers v. Reagan is a case that challenged the U.S. invasion of Grenada.
Corrie v. Caterpillar is a federal lawsuit filed against Illinois-based Caterpillar, Inc. on behalf of the parents of Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old American peace activist and student who was run over and killed by a…
County Redistricting Cases refers to several lawsuits challenging redistricting plans of counties across the United States for the discriminatory effect they have on Black people.
Crockett v. Reagan is a case which challenged U.S. military involvement in El Salvador in the first suit under the War Powers Resolution.
Crumsey v. Justice Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is a lawsuit seeking an injunction and monetary and punitive damages from the Ku Klux Klan for shooting five Black women.
Daniels, et al. v. The City of New York, et al. is a class action lawsuit, filed in 1999, against the New York Police Department (NYPD) and the City of New York. Through the lawsuit,…
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court on May 21, 2004, urging the Court to grant a writ of certiorari and to review the decision of the Tenth…
Detroit Free Press (Haddad) v. Creppy and Ashcroft/North Jersey Media Group v. Creppy and Ashcroft is a civil rights case challenging the government’s attempt to close immigration hearings in cases that it determines may be…
DHS v. ANDERSON is a case involving the defense of a mentally disabled and mentally ill lawful permanent resident facing deportation from the United States. Mr. Anderson was placed in removal proceedings in January 2007 for a 2005 conviction…
Diggs v. Schultz is a lawsuit brought on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus and other groups to invalidate the Byrd Amendment.
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