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New here? Start here → ◆ AFL-CIO v. Trump ◆ Coney Island Auto Parts v. Burton ◆ Hain Celestial Group v. Palmquist ◆ Hewitt v. United States ◆ J.G.G. v. Trump (deportation DDC, 2025) ◆ Landor v. Louisiana, Department of Corrections ◆ American Bar Association v. Executive Office of the President ◆ New York v. United States ◆ State of Oregon v. Trump ◆ Trump v. New York Times ◆ Trump v. Orr (Trump Passport Rule) ◆ In re U.S. v. Dunn ◆ Abrego Garcia v. Noem (Habeas corpus 2025) ◆ Citizens for Responsible Ethics in Washington v. Office of Management and Budget ◆ United States v. Russell ◆ National Endowment for Democracy v. United States (Impoundment 2025) ◆ Abramowitz v. Lake (VOA independence 2025) ◆ Robinson v. Ardoin ◆ White v. State Board of Elections ◆ U.S. v. Girod ◆ American Public Health Association v. National Institutes of Health ◆ U.S. v. New York ◆ Friends of the Everglades, Inc. v. Noem ◆ League of United Latin American Citizens v. Executive Office of the President (elections EO, DDC) ◆ Cook v. Trump (Fed Reserve independence) ◆ National TPS Alliance v. Noem (TPS ND Cal 2025) ◆ National TPS Alliance v. Noem (TPS Termination 2025) ◆ Association of American Universities v. Department of Energy ◆ Case v. Montana ◆ Washington v Department of Education ◆ Boyd v Ivey ◆ Oregon v. Trump (Nat Guard Deploy 2025) ◆ Taylor v. Trump ◆ Abbott v. Lulac ◆ Tincher v. Mullin ◆ Chicago Headline Club v. Kristi Noem ◆ National Endowment for Democracy v. United States (Appeal Injunction 2025) ◆ State of New York v. Trump (NY DOGE Access S.DNY) ◆ Newsom v. Trump ◆ Noem v. Abrego Garcia ◆ Callais v. Landry ◆ Hencely v. Fluor Corporation ◆ Fernandez v. United States ◆ Carter v. United States ◆ Trump v. J.G.G. ◆ W.M.M. v. Donald J. Trump (AARP TX 2025) ◆ President and Fellows of Harvard College v. Department of Health and Human Services (Harvard HHS grants, D. Mass., 2025) ◆ Barbara v. Trump (Birthright Citizenship N) ◆ Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem (Unspecified, no date) ◆ District of Columbia v. Trump (Nat Guard deployment 202) ◆ Abramowitz v. Lake (VOA appeal 2025) ◆ United States v. Comey (seashell '86 47' post, E.D.N.C.) ◆ New York v. McMahon (DOGE Access 2025) ◆ City and County of San Francisco v. Trump ◆ National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission (6th Cir. appeal) ◆ National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission (S.D. Ohio, 2022) ◆ Cristosal Human Rights v. Marocco ◆ Walker v. City of Birmingham (Civil disobedience, 1967) ◆ Buckley v. Valeo (Campaign Finance 18 FL, 1976) ◆ AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition v. Department of State (AIDS USAID 2025) ◆ New here? Start here → ◆ AFL-CIO v. Trump ◆ Coney Island Auto Parts v. Burton ◆ Hain Celestial Group v. Palmquist ◆ Hewitt v. United States ◆ J.G.G. v. Trump (deportation DDC, 2025) ◆ Landor v. Louisiana, Department of Corrections ◆ American Bar Association v. Executive Office of the President ◆ New York v. United States ◆ State of Oregon v. Trump ◆ Trump v. New York Times ◆ Trump v. Orr (Trump Passport Rule) ◆ In re U.S. v. Dunn ◆ Abrego Garcia v. Noem (Habeas corpus 2025) ◆ Citizens for Responsible Ethics in Washington v. Office of Management and Budget ◆ United States v. Russell ◆ National Endowment for Democracy v. United States (Impoundment 2025) ◆ Abramowitz v. Lake (VOA independence 2025) ◆ Robinson v. Ardoin ◆ White v. State Board of Elections ◆ U.S. v. Girod ◆ American Public Health Association v. National Institutes of Health ◆ U.S. v. New York ◆ Friends of the Everglades, Inc. v. Noem ◆ League of United Latin American Citizens v. Executive Office of the President (elections EO, DDC) ◆ Cook v. Trump (Fed Reserve independence) ◆ National TPS Alliance v. Noem (TPS ND Cal 2025) ◆ National TPS Alliance v. Noem (TPS Termination 2025) ◆ Association of American Universities v. Department of Energy ◆ Case v. Montana ◆ Washington v Department of Education ◆ Boyd v Ivey ◆ Oregon v. Trump (Nat Guard Deploy 2025) ◆ Taylor v. Trump ◆ Abbott v. Lulac ◆ Tincher v. Mullin ◆ Chicago Headline Club v. Kristi Noem ◆ National Endowment for Democracy v. United States (Appeal Injunction 2025) ◆ State of New York v. Trump (NY DOGE Access S.DNY) ◆ Newsom v. Trump ◆ Noem v. Abrego Garcia ◆ Callais v. Landry ◆ Hencely v. Fluor Corporation ◆ Fernandez v. United States ◆ Carter v. United States ◆ Trump v. J.G.G. ◆ W.M.M. v. Donald J. Trump (AARP TX 2025) ◆ President and Fellows of Harvard College v. Department of Health and Human Services (Harvard HHS grants, D. Mass., 2025) ◆ Barbara v. Trump (Birthright Citizenship N) ◆ Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem (Unspecified, no date) ◆ District of Columbia v. Trump (Nat Guard deployment 202) ◆ Abramowitz v. Lake (VOA appeal 2025) ◆ United States v. Comey (seashell '86 47' post, E.D.N.C.) ◆ New York v. McMahon (DOGE Access 2025) ◆ City and County of San Francisco v. Trump ◆ National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission (6th Cir. appeal) ◆ National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission (S.D. Ohio, 2022) ◆ Cristosal Human Rights v. Marocco ◆ Walker v. City of Birmingham (Civil disobedience, 1967) ◆ Buckley v. Valeo (Campaign Finance 18 FL, 1976) ◆ AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition v. Department of State (AIDS USAID 2025) ◆

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AFL-CIO v. Trump

The Trump administration began dismantling federal civil service protections in early 2025, pushing agencies to terminate probatio…

Federal Court Civil

No. 3:25-cv-03698

SCOTUS · Decided

Coney Island Auto Parts v. Burton

A Tennessee company sued a Brooklyn auto shop for $47,000, the Brooklyn shop ignored it on the theory that Tennessee had no person…

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS · Decided

Hain Celestial Group v. Palmquist

This is a Supreme Court case about subject matter jurisdiction and diversity jurisdiction. A Texas mother sued Hain Celestial Grou…

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS · Decided

Hewitt v. United States

Hewitt v. United States (No. 23-1002) is a federal criminal-sentencing case the Supreme Court decided on June 26, 2025. Tony Hewit…

U.S. Supreme Court

District · Active

J.G.G. v. Trump (deportation DDC, 2025)

A class of Venezuelan men challenging their removal under the Alien Enemies Act, before Chief Judge James E. Boasberg in the U.S. …

No. 1:25-cv-00766

SCOTUS · Decided

Landor v. Louisiana, Department of Corrections

Damon Landor is a devout Rastafarian who kept his dreadlocks for 20 years as a religious obligation, and three weeks before he was…

U.S. Supreme Court

District · Active

American Bar Association v. Executive Office of the President

The American Bar Association sued the Executive Office of the President and dozens of federal agency heads in June 2025, challengi…

No. 1:25-cv-01888

District · Decided

New York v. United States

Federal Court Civil

No. 25-cv-00205

District · Active

State of Oregon v. Trump

When Defense Secretary Hegseth issued directives in October 2025 to federalize and deploy the Oregon National Guard, Oregon went t…

No. 3:25-cv-01756

District · Active

Trump v. New York Times

Donald Trump's defamation suit against The New York Times, filed in the Middle District of Florida before Judge Steven D. Merryday…

Federal Court Civil

No. 8:25-cv-02487

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Trump v. Orr (Trump Passport Rule)

The case concerns a passport rule requiring applicants to use the sex listed at birth. The State Department argued it was bound by…

District · Active

In re U.S. v. Dunn

Post-acquittal petition for disclosure filed 2025-11-10, four days after the jury acquitted Sean Dunn in the underlying prosecutio…

No. 1:25-mc-00163

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