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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Lebron v. Amtrak is a civil suit in which Michael Lebron charged Amtrak with violating his First and Fifth Amendment rights by refusing to display his political artwork at New York’s Penn Station.
Activist and formerly imprisoned Haitian immigrant Jean Montrevil speaks to supporters after being released from the custody of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Photo from New Sanctuary Movement website. CCR is providing legal support and…
Sexual Minorities Uganda v. Scott Lively On March 14, 2012, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Sexual Minorities Uganda, a non-profit umbrella organization for LGBT advocacy groups in Uganda,…
United States Steelworkers of America v. U.S. Steel is a case which fought to keep steel plants open in Youngstown, Ohio. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed an amicus curiae brief.
On September 26, 2007, two cases were filed, one in U.S. federal court in the District of Maryland against Sánchez de Lozada, the former President of Bolivia, and the other in the Southern District of Florida…
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and other groups have filed a petition on behalf of the Palestinian descendants of those buried in an ancient Muslim cemetery, the Mamilla Cemetery, in Jerusalem. The petition, which…
Manzanarez v. C&Y Sportswear, Nien Hsing Textile Co., Ltd. and Chentex Garments is a case that highlighted workers’ rights violations committed by C&Y Sportswear, Nien Hsing Textile Co., Ltd., and Chentex Garments in Nicaragua.
Martha Wright v. Corrections Corporation of America is a civil rights case which challenged the monopolies that phone companies and the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) maintain in the prison systems of the United States.
This FCC petition requests federal regulation of interstate prison telephone calling systems to ensure just telephone rates and adequate telephone services for prisoners.
Martinez-Baca v. Suarez-Mason is a case in which Argentinean General Guillermo Suarez-Mason was charged with human rights abuses during the military dictatorship in the 1980s.
Matar v. Dichter is a federal class action lawsuit against Avi Dichter, former Director of Israel’s General Security Service (GSS), on behalf of Palestinians who were killed or injured in 2002, when a one-ton bomb…
McSurely v. McClellan is a case that challenged congressional immunity for wrongdoing with regards to the illegal seizure and copying of written documents from the home of voting rights activists Alan and Margaret McSurely.
Mehinovic v. Vuckovic is a civil lawsuit filed by the Center for Justice Accountability (CJA), with CCR as counsel, on behalf of four Bosnian Muslims who were tortured by a Bosnian Serb soldier at detention facilities across Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Monell v. Department of Social Services is a case in which the New York City Board of Education awarded compensation for female employees who had been forced to take maternity leave.
In Movsesian, et al. v. Victoria Versicherung AG, et al., Plaintiffs are heirs of victims of the Armenian genocide who sued German corporations for unpaid insurance benefits. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that…
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed an amicus brief in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Muntaqim v. Coombe that challenged the state law which disenfranchised those convicted of felonies…
CCR has been involved in advocacy aimed to address systemic human rights violations in Honduras arising out of the June 28, 2009 military coup d’etat that ousted President Manuel Zelaya. We have advocated against the…
Adem Carroll of the Muslim Progressive-Traditionalist Alliance speaking at the New York S-Comm vigil, on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011. (Photo by Marcus Yam, Special for the New Sanctuary Coalition.) FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON SECURE COMMUNITIES,…
NOW v. WABC-TV is a lawsuit in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on behalf of NOW challenged the license renewal of WABC-TV in New York City on grounds of sexual discrimination.
National Student Association, et al. v. Hershey is a government misconduct case which challenged the Selective Service Director’s orders to draft all men who took part in anti-war campaigns.
Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs is a case in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) wrote an amicus curiae brief to defend the rights passed by Congress under the Family and Medical…
The U.S. government continues to violate the international human rights of tens of thousands of displaced Katrina survivors. This report to the United Nations details the extensive homelessness, destruction of low-income housing, government misconduct, and…
Nguyen Da Yen, et al. v. Kissinger is a class action suit in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in cooperation with attorneys in California argued that the detention of Vietnamese children was unconstitutional.
The Center for Constitutional Rights and the National Laweyrs Guild sued the Virigina Department of Corrections for placing the Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook, a free publication of both organizations, on a "disapproved publications list." NLG and CCR were…
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) along with lawyers at Bostwick & Jassy LLP are representing the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) in a lawsuit brought to chill FIDH’s public statements on an issue…
