Court dismisses claims arising from 2013 Boycott Resolution as a SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation), siding with Steven Salaita and others March 2, 2023, Washington, D.C. – The D...
But judges invoke “qualified immunity”to shield agents from accountability and uphold dismissal of lawsuit seeking damages October 29, 2024, New York – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second...
This comes after ICE arrested Mr. Khalil for his support for Palestinian rights and sent him to a detention facility 1,400 miles away from his family March 19, 2025, New York – The Southern District...
December 4, 2009, New York – Today, attorneys asked the Supreme Court to allow seven men who remain imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay despite being cleared for release to be released into the...
February 23, 2010, Washington and New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, the first case to...
February 7, 2011, Geneva and New York – Today, two torture victims were to have filed criminal complaints, with more than 2,500-pages of supporting material, in Geneva against former U.S...
June 2, 2014, Oakland – Today, a federal judge allowed hundreds of California prisoners to join a lawsuit challenging prolonged solitary confinement in California prisons when she granted the...
Settlement Reached in California Class Action Suit Moves Out of SHU Those There 10 Years or Longer, Ends Solitary Purely Due to Gang Validation September 1, 2015, Oakland – Today, the parties have...
February 19, 2016, Olympia, WA – Today, attorneys representing fourteen former and one current board member of the Olympia Food Co-op urged a judge to dismiss a lawsuit against them. The lawsuit is...
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