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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Abdel-Muhti v. Ridge is a federal case that challenged the prolonged imprisonment of Farouk Abdel-Muhti, a Palestinian immigrant activist.
Abdullah, et al. v. Local 46, et al. is a Title VII and civil rights case that challenged the discriminatory practices in the training and mentorship programs of the Metal Lathers Local 46 Union.
Abramowicz v. Lefkowitz was a civil suit in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) challenged the New York State law which restricted abortions.
Estate of Himoud Saed Abtan, et al. v. Blackwater Lodge and Training Center, Inc., et al. is a civil case filed in the District Court for the District of Columbia against notorious private government contractor…
AFSC v. Brady is a case which challenged U.S. government restrictions against group travel to Vietnam and Cambodia.
Mohammed al Qahtani is a Saudi citizen who has been detained in Guantánamo for over six years and who was the subject of the “First Special Interrogation Plan” at Guantanámo, a regime of “aggressive interrogation…
Al-Janabi v Stefanowicz, et al. is a lawsuit brought by an Iraqi civilian, Mr. Emad Al-Janabi, charging that private contractors CACI and L-3 Communications Titan Corporation (formerly Titan) as well as former CACI contractor Steven…
Al-Jundi v. Estate of Oswald is a lawsuit which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed seeking compensation and damages for the victims of the Attica uprising.
Estates of Albazzaz and Aziz v. Blackwater Lodge and Training, et al. is a civil lawsuit charging the private contractor Blackwater with war crimes for the death of two Iraqi men. Ali Hussamaldeen Albazzaz and…
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.
American Baptist Churches v. Thornburgh is a case filed against the U.S. Attorney General and the head of the INS that alleged they violated domestic and international laws when they denied asylum to Salvadorans and…
Djamel Ameziane is an Algerian refugee who has been detained in Guantánamo Bay for more than six years. He has a pending habeas corpus petition, Ameziane v. Bush, in the D.C. District Court. He has…
Anderson v. Hale and World Church of the Creator is a civil rights case in which Reverend Stephen Anderson sued the World Church of the Creator, charging them with advocating a “Racial Holy War” that…
Arar v. Ashcroft is a federal lawsuit challenging the rendition of a Canadian citizen to Syria, by the U.S. government, where he was tortured, forced to falsely confess, and released after one year without ever…
Arsberry v. State of Illinois, AT&T, Invision Telecom, MCI Telecommunications Corp., et al. is a civil rights lawsuit which challenged the State of Illinois’ practice of creating exclusive agreements with telephone companies for inmate telephone…
Bandele v. City of New York is a federal civil rights lawsuit filed on behalf of three members of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement who were arrested while peacefully and lawfully videotaping NYPD officers.
Bari v. Held is a lawsuit that charged the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Oakland Police Department with violating Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney’s Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable search and seizures and…
Barre v. Gates is a Detainee Treatment Act (DTA) petition filed on behalf of a Somali detainee at Guantánamo who is an official UNHCR refugee. On August 1, 2007, CCR attorneys filed a Detainee Treatment Act…
Baruch College Black and Hispanic Alumni Association v. Baruch College is a case that sought to defend the rights of a group of Black and Latino alumni to set up their own alumni association at…
Belhas v. Ya’alon is a class action lawsuit filed against retired Israeli Lieutenant General Moshe Ya’alon that charges him…
Bick v. Mitchell is a lawsuit filed on behalf of members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Women Strike for Peace and the Communist Party, among others, asking…
On June 28, 2004, the Supreme Court held in Rasul v. Bush, that the nearly-600 men imprisoned by the U.S. government in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba had a right of access to the federal courts, via…
Bowoto v. Chevron is a class action lawsuit charging Chevron/Texaco Corporation with gross violations of human rights including extrajudicial killing; crimes against humanity; and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment in the Niger Delta region.
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…
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