Student
Students for Justice in Palestine, at the University of Houston v. Abbott
May 2024
The Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Houston and the University of Texas at Dallas brought suit over Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order dealing with campus free speech. The order demands that public universities in Texas to update their policies in response to speech deemed antisemitic. The universities revised their speech […]
Wirtshafter v. Trustees of Indiana University
May 2024
The ACLU of Indiana has filed a lawsuit against Indiana University Bloomington, alleging that the university violated the First Amendment rights of three individuals by imposing a one-year ban on IU campus after the three individuals participated in protests at a historic public forum for free speech on campus. The protests were focused on demanding […]
Singh v. Amar
From April 2022 to December 2022
Plaintiff … is a second-year law student at the University of Illinois College of Law. Mr. Singh enrolled in the University on a full-tuition merit scholarship and eventually was invited to join the Illinois Law Review. Shortly after beginning his first semester, Mr. Singh met with Defendant Virginia Vermillion, the law school’s Dean of Students, to […]
Sefelino v. County College of Morris
From November 2022 to February 2024
County College of Morris who preached against LGBTQ+ Community wins lawsuit against school for violations of his 1st and 14th Amendment rights.
Tenured Faculty
Wirtshafter v. Trustees of Indiana University
May 2024
The ACLU of Indiana has filed a lawsuit against Indiana University Bloomington, alleging that the university violated the First Amendment rights of three individuals by imposing a one-year ban on IU campus after the three individuals participated in protests at a historic public forum for free speech on campus. The protests were focused on demanding […]
Lee v. Foothill-De Anza Community College
March 2023
Tabia Lee, a former Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) director at De Anza college in Cupertino, California, brought suit against the school for terminating her in March 2023. In the complaint, she alleged that she was terminated because of her efforts in inviting certain speakers on campus focusing on antisemitism, among other things. She also […]
Mitchell v. The Univ. of N.C. Bd. of Governors
August 2017
Winston-Salem State justice studies professor fired letter believed to create “a hostile workplace.”
Pesta v. Cleveland State University
April 2021
Cleveland State University professor who was fired over for misusing date in a controversial research report that suggested Black people are genetically predisposed to be less intelligent than white people has filed a civil lawsuit against the university.
Student Group
Students for Justice in Palestine, at the University of Houston v. Abbott
May 2024
The Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Houston and the University of Texas at Dallas brought suit over Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order dealing with campus free speech. The order demands that public universities in Texas to update their policies in response to speech deemed antisemitic. The universities revised their speech […]
University of Buffalo Young Americans for Freedom v. University of Buffalo Student Association
March 2023
YAF sues the University of Buffalo Student Association over changes in the constitution governing student groups
Spectrum WT v. Wendler
March 2023
West Texas A&M LGBT+ Student Group’s Drag Show Cancelled by University President Citing the Bible, US Supreme Court Rejected Bid to Compel, Now Before 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Speech First, Inc. v. Shrum
From January 2023 to April 2024
Speech First Secures Settlement with Oklahoma State University Following Win in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
