AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION
86 cases • 23 attorneys
Attorneys
David D. Cole
(25)
Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux
(8)
Brian M. Hauss
(7)
Cody Hirt Wofsy
(6)
Cecillia Derphine Wang
(5)
Patrick Christopher Toomey
(5)
Chase Bachrach Strangio
(4)
Esha Bhandari
(3)
Joshua A. Block
(3)
Andrew David Beck
(2)
Ari Joseph Savitzky
(2)
Brett Max Kaufman
(2)
Brigitte Adrienne Amiri
(2)
Hina Shamsi
(2)
Julia Heather Kaye
(2)
Michael King Thomas Tan
(2)
Andrew D. Beck
(1)
Davin McKay Rosborough
(1)
Jennifer Stisa Granick
(1)
John A. Knight
(1)
Nathan Freed Wessler
(1)
Rachel Meeropol
(1)
Vera Eidelman
(1)
Cases
| Case | Title | Docketed | Type | Status | Party | Attorneys |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-916 | OCA - Greater Houston v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. | 2026-02-04 | Paid | Pending | OCA – Greater Houston | Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux |
| 25-886 | Kenneth Genalo, Director of the New York Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al. v. Carol Williams Black, et al. | 2026-01-28 | Paid | Pending | Carol W. Black, et al. | Cecillia Derphine Wang |
| 25A443 | Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Illinois, et al. | 2025-10-17 | A | Application | American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, and Rutherford Institute | Hina Shamsi |
| 25-365 | Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Barbara, et al. | 2025-09-29 | Paid | Pending | Barbara, et al. | Cody Hirt Wofsy |
| 25A319 | Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Ashton Orr, et al. | 2025-09-19 | A | Application | Ashton Orr, et al., Ashton Orr,, et al. | Chase Bachrach Strangio |
| 25A103 | National Institutes of Health, et al. v. American Public Health Association, et al. | 2025-07-24 | A | Presumed Complete | American Public Health Association, et al. | Rachel Meeropol |
| 24A1269 | James Uthmeier, Attorney General of Florida, et al. v. Florida Immigrant Coalition, et al. | 2025-06-23 | A | Presumed Complete | Florida Immigrant Coalition, et al. | Cody Hirt Wofsy |
| 24A1157 | Nyynkpao Banyee v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General, et al. | 2025-05-28 | A | Presumed Complete | Nyynkpao Banyee | Cecillia Derphine Wang |
| 24-656 | TikTok Inc., et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General | 2024-12-18 | Paid | Judgment Issued | American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Center for Democracy & Technology, Freedom of the Press Foundation, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Progressive Policy Institute, Fight for the Future, and Public Knowledge | Patrick Christopher Toomey |
| 24A588 | Brian Firebaugh, et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General | 2024-12-16 | A | Presumed Complete | AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, AND KNIGHT FIRST AMENDMENT INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | Patrick Christopher Toomey |
| 24A587 | TikTok, Inc. and ByteDance Ltd. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General. | 2024-12-16 | A | Presumed Complete | AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, AND KNIGHT FIRST AMENDMENT INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | Patrick Christopher Toomey |
| 24-520 | James G. Connell, III v. Central Intelligence Agency | 2024-11-06 | Paid | Denied | James G. Connell, III | Brett Max Kaufman |
| 24-363 | Pennsylvania State Conference of the NAACP, et al. v. Al Schmidt, Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. | 2024-10-01 | Paid | Denied | Pennsylvania State Conference of the NAACP, et al. | Ari Joseph Savitzky |
| 24A46 | Pennsylvania State Conference of NAACP Branches, et al. v. Al Schmidt, Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. | 2024-07-16 | A | Presumed Complete | Pennsylvania State Conference of NAACP Banches, et al. | Ari Joseph Savitzky |
| 24-44 | West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission v. B. P. J., By Her Next Friend and Mother, Heather Jackson, et al. | 2024-07-16 | Paid | Denied | B.P.J., by her next friend and mother, Heather Jackson | Joshua A. Block |
| 24-43 | West Virginia, et al. v. B. P. J., By Her Next Friend and Mother, Heather Jackson | 2024-07-16 | Paid | Granted | B.P.J., by her next friend and mother, Heather Jackson | Joshua A. Block |
| 23A851 | Thomas C. Alexander, in His Official Capacity as President of the South Carolina Senate, et al. v. The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al. | 2024-03-20 | A | Presumed Complete | The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and Taiwan Scott | Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux |
| 23A815 | Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, et al. v. Steven McCraw, Director, Texas Department of Public Safety, et al. | 2024-03-04 | A | Presumed Complete | Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, et al. | Cody Hirt Wofsy |
| 23-939 | Donald J. Trump v. United States | 2024-02-28 | Paid | Judgment Issued | AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | David D. Cole |
| 23A763 | Raul Labrador, Attorney General of Idaho v. Pam Poe, By and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, Penny and Peter Poe, et al. | 2024-02-21 | A | Presumed Complete | PAM POE, BY AND THROUGH HER PARENTS AND NEXT FRIENDS, ET AL., | Chase Bachrach Strangio |
| 23-583 | Amina Bouarfa v. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. | 2023-11-30 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Florida | Cody Hirt Wofsy |
| 23-477 | United States v. Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter for Tennessee, et al. | 2023-11-06 | Paid | Judgment Issued | L.W., By and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, Samantha Williams and Brian Williams, et al. | Chase Bachrach Strangio |
| 23-466 | L. W., By and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, Samantha Williams and Brian Williams, et al. v. Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter for Tennessee, et al. | 2023-11-02 | Paid | Denied | L. W., By and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, Samantha Williams and Brian Williams, et al. | Chase Bachrach Strangio |
| 23-235 | Food and Drug Administration, et al. v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al. | 2023-09-12 | Paid | Judgment Issued | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, et al. | Julia Heather Kaye |
| 22-1178 | Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. v. Yonas Fikre | 2023-06-06 | Paid | Judgment Issued | American Civil Liberties Union and The ACLU Foundation of Oregon | Hina Shamsi |
| 22-1025 | Sylvia Gonzalez v. Edward Trevino, II, et al. | 2023-04-24 | Paid | Judgment Issued | American Civil Liberties Union, et al | Vera Eidelman |
| 22-939 | Robert Frese v. John M. Formella, Attorney General of New Hampshire | 2023-03-28 | Paid | Denied | Robert Frese | Brian M. Hauss |
| 22-915 | United States v. Zackey Rahimi | 2023-03-21 | Paid | Judgment Issued | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | David D. Cole |
| 22-842 | National Rifle Association of America v. Maria T. Vullo | 2023-03-06 | Paid | Judgment Issued | National Rifle Association of America | David D. Cole |
| 22-807 | Thomas C. Alexander, in His Official Capacity as President of the South Carolina Senate, et al., Appellants v. The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al. | 2023-02-27 | Paid | Denied | The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al. | Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux |
| 22-773 | Tre Hargett, Tennessee Secretary of State, et al. v. Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP, et al. | 2023-02-16 | Paid | Denied | League of Women Voters of Tennessee, et al. | Davin McKay Rosborough |
| 22A663 | Robert Frese v. John M. Formella, Attorney General of New Hampshire | 2023-01-24 | A | Presumed Complete | Robert Frese | Brian M. Hauss |
| 22-611 | Kevin Lindke v. James R. Freed | 2023-01-04 | Paid | Judgment Issued | THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MICHIGAN | David D. Cole |
| 22-481 | Daphne Moore v. United States | 2022-11-22 | Paid | Denied | Daphne Moore | Nathan Freed Wessler |
| 22-379 | Arkansas Times LP v. Mark Waldrip, as Trustee of the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees, et al. | 2022-10-24 | Paid | Denied | Arkansas Times LP | Brian M. Hauss |
| 22-324 | Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff, et al. v. Christopher Garnier, et ux. | 2022-10-06 | Paid | Judgment Issued | THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA | David D. Cole |
| 22A194 | Arkansas Times LP v. Mark Waldrip, as Trustee of the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees, et al. | 2022-08-31 | A | Presumed Complete | Arkansas Times LP | Brian M. Hauss |
| 22-190 | Wikimedia Foundation v. National Security Agency/Central Security Service, et al. | 2022-08-30 | Paid | Denied | Wikimedia Foundation | Patrick Christopher Toomey |
| 22-179 | United States v. Helaman Hansen | 2022-08-29 | Paid | Judgment Issued | Helaman Hansen | Esha Bhandari |
| 22-138 | Billy Raymond Counterman v. Colorado | 2022-08-11 | Paid | Judgment Issued | American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and National Coalition Against Censorship In Support of Petitioner. | Brian M. Hauss |
| 22-58 | United States, et al. v. Texas, et al. | 2022-07-21 | Paid | Denied | The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Texas, American Immigration Lawyers Association | Cody Hirt Wofsy |
| 21A788 | Wikimedia Foundation v. National Security Agency/Central Security Service, et al. | 2022-06-03 | A | Presumed Complete | Wikimedia Foundation | Patrick Christopher Toomey |
| 21-1351 | Don Barnes, Sheriff, Orange County, California, et al. v. Melissa Ahlman, et al. | 2022-04-14 | Paid | Denied | Melissa Ahlman, et al. | David D. Cole |
| 21-1333 | Reynaldo Gonzalez, et al. v. Google LLC | 2022-04-06 | Paid | Judgment Issued | American Civil Liberties Union, et al | Jennifer Stisa Granick |
| 21-954 | Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. v. Texas, et al. | 2021-12-29 | Paid | Judgment Issued | American Civil Liberties Union | Michael King Thomas Tan |
| 21-499 | Carlos Vega v. Terence B. Tekoh | 2021-10-04 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The American Civil Liberties Union and Cato Institute | Brett Max Kaufman |
| 21-476 | 303 Creative LLC, et al. v. Aubrey Elenis, et al. | 2021-09-28 | Paid | Judgment Issued | American Civil Liberties Union and American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado | David D. Cole |
| 21-439 | Michael Nance v. Timothy C. Ward, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. | 2021-09-22 | Paid | Judgment Issued | American Civil Liberties Union, et al. | David D. Cole |
| 21A21 | Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. v. Texas, et al. | 2021-08-20 | A | Presumed Complete | American Civil Liberties Union and American Civil Liberties Union of Texas | Cody Hirt Wofsy |
| 21-147 | Erik Egbert v. Robert Boule | 2021-08-03 | Paid | Judgment Issued | American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, Cato Institute, Roderick & Solange Macarthur Justice Center, National Immigration Litigation Alliance, and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project | Cecillia Derphine Wang |
| 20-1505 | Zainab Merchant, et al. v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. | 2021-04-28 | Paid | Denied | Zainab Merchant | Esha Bhandari |
| 20-1379 | Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority v. Center for Investigative Reporting | 2021-04-01 | Paid | Denied | The Center for Investigative Reporting | Brian M. Hauss |
| 20-1163 | Gloucester County School Board v. Gavin Grimm | 2021-02-24 | Paid | Denied | Gavin Grimm | Joshua A. Block |
| 20-601 | Daniel Cameron, Attorney General of Kentucky v. EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C., et al. | 2020-11-05 | Paid | Judgment Issued | EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C., et al. | Andrew David Beck |
| 20-5904 | Tarahrick Terry v. United States | 2020-10-05 | IFP | Judgment Issued | American Civil Liberties Union, The ACLU of Florida, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and the R Street Institute | David D. Cole |
| 20A55 | Marci Andino, et al. v. Kylon Middleton, et al. | 2020-10-01 | A | Presumed Complete | Mary Thomas, et al. | Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux |
| 20-303 | United States v. Jose Luis Vaello Madero | 2020-09-09 | Paid | Judgment Issued | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux |
| 20-291 | Jamell Birt v. United States | 2020-09-04 | Paid | Denied | American Civil Liberties Union, The ACLU of Pennsylvania, The Rutherford Institute, and the R Street Institute | David D. Cole |
| 20-255 | Mahanoy Area School District v. B. L., a Minor, By and Through Her Father, Lawrence Levy and Her Mother, Betty Lou Levy | 2020-09-01 | Paid | Judgment Issued | B.L., a minor, by and through her father Lawrence Levy and her mother Betty Lou Levy | David D. Cole |
| 20A34 | Food and Drug Administration, et al. v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, et al. | 2020-08-26 | A | Presumed Complete | American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, et al. | Julia Heather Kaye |
| 19-1392 | Thomas E. Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health, et al. v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, et al. | 2020-06-18 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The American Civil Liberties Union and The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi | Brigitte Adrienne Amiri |
| 19A1047 | Mark Williams, Warden, et al. v. Craig Wilson, et al. | 2020-06-01 | A | Presumed Complete | Craig Wilson, et al. | David D. Cole |
| 19A1041 | Mark Williams, Warden, et al. v. Craig Wilson, et al. | 2020-05-20 | A | Presumed Complete | Craig Wilson, et al. | David D. Cole |
| 19-897 | Tae D. Johnson, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al. v. Maria Angelica Guzman Chavez, et al. | 2020-01-21 | Paid | Judgment Issued | American Civil Liberties Union | Michael King Thomas Tan |
| 19-783 | Nathan Van Buren v. United States | 2019-12-18 | Paid | Judgment Issued | Kyratso Karahalios, et al. | Esha Bhandari |
| 19-635 | Donald J. Trump v. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., in His Official Capacity as District Attorney of the County of New York, et al. | 2019-11-18 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The American Civil Liberties Union, and The New York Civil Liberties Union | David D. Cole |
| 19-547 | United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al. v. Sierra Club, Inc. | 2019-10-28 | Paid | Judgment Issued | ACLU et al | David D. Cole |
| 19-546 | Douglas Brownback, et al. v. James King | 2019-10-28 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The American Civil Liberties Union et al | David D. Cole |
| 19-514 | Nikko A. Jenkins v. Nebraska | 2019-10-21 | Paid | Denied | Nikko Jenkins | David D. Cole |
| 19-431 | Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania, et al. | 2019-10-02 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The American Civil Liberties Union, et al | Brigitte Adrienne Amiri |
| 19-292 | Roxanne Torres v. Janice Madrid, et al. | 2019-09-04 | Paid | Judgment Issued | American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of New Mexico | David D. Cole |
| 19-251 | Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California | 2019-08-26 | Paid | Judgment Issued | American Civil Liberties Union, Inc., et al. | Brian M. Hauss |
| 19A60 | Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Sierra Club, et al. | 2019-07-12 | A | Presumed Complete | Sierra Club, et al. | Cecillia Derphine Wang |
| 18-1334 | Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC, et al. | 2019-04-24 | Paid | Judgment Issued | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and the ACLU of Puerto Rico | Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux |
| 18-1323 | June Medical Services L.L.C., et al. v. Stephen Russo, Interim Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals | 2019-04-19 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The American Civil Liberties Union and The ACLU of Louisiana | Andrew David Beck |
| 18-1259 | Brett Jones v. Mississippi | 2019-03-29 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, The ACLU of Mississippi, The American Conservative Union Foundation, The Rutherford Institute, The R Street Institute, and Larry W. Yackle | David D. Cole |
| 18-1150 | Georgia, et al. v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. | 2019-03-05 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The American Civil Liberties Union, et al. | David D. Cole |
| 18A756 | Alexander L. Baxter v. Brad Bracey, et al. | 2019-01-22 | A | Presumed Complete | Alexander L. Baxter | David D. Cole |
| 18-837 | Scott Harris, in His Official Capacity as State Health Officer, et al. v. West Alabama Women's Center, et al. | 2019-01-03 | Paid | Denied | West Alabama Women's Center, et al. | Andrew D. Beck |
| 18-735 | Maricopa County, Arizona v. Manuel de Jesus Ortega Melendres, et al. | 2018-12-10 | Paid | Denied | Manuel De Jesus Melendres, et al. | Cecillia Derphine Wang |
| 18-726 | Linda H. Lamone, et al., Appellants v. O. John Benisek, et al. | 2018-12-06 | Paid | Denied | THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, ACLU OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND ACLU OF MARYLAND | Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux |
| 18-6210 | Gerald P. Mitchell v. Wisconsin | 2018-10-04 | IFP | Judgment Issued | THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION AND ACLU OF WISCONSIN | David D. Cole |
| 18-422 | Robert A. Rucho, et al., Appellants v. Common Cause, et al. | 2018-10-03 | Paid | Denied | THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, ACLU OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND ACLU OF MARYLAND, | Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux |
| 18-5924 | Evangelisto Ramos v. Louisiana | 2018-09-11 | IFP | Judgment Issued | American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU Foundation of Louisiana | David D. Cole |
| 18-302 | Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, Patent and Trademark Office v. Erik Brunetti | 2018-09-07 | Paid | Judgment Issued | American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of the District of Columbia | David D. Cole |
| 18-107 | R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, et al. | 2018-07-24 | Paid | Judgment Issued | Aimee Stephens | David D. Cole, John A. Knight |