private-plaintiffs
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-890 | Arkansas United, et al. v. John Thurston, in His Official Capacity as the Secretary of State of Arkansas et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2026-01-29 | Pending | declaratory-relief injunctive-relief preemption private-plaintiffs state-actors voting-rights-act | Whether private plaintiffs may maintain a suit in equity for declaratory and injunctive relief against state actors to prevent the continued enforceme… | |
| 25-253 | Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, et al. v. Michael Howe, Secretary of State of North Dakota | Eighth Circuit | 2025-09-04 | Pending | Amici (12)Relisted (2) | civil-rights implied-right-of-action private-plaintiffs section-1983 statutory-interpretation voting-rights | Whether Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 52 U.S.C. § 10301, is enforceable by private plaintiffs through 42 U.S.C. § 1983, an implied right of acti… |
| 23A929 | Arkansas State Conference NAACP, et al. v. Arkansas Board of Apportionment, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2024-04-17 | Presumed Complete | political-process private-plaintiffs racial-discrimination redistricting section-2 voting-rights-act | Whether private citizens can sue to challenge political processes under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act when alleging unequal racial access to the … | |
| 18-950 | LaTasha Freeman v. American K-9 Detection Services, LLC, et al. | Texas | 2019-01-22 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-review legal-uncertainty political-question political-question-doctrine private-defendants private-plaintiffs split-of-authority standing state-law-tort tort | Whether the political question doctrine bars ordinary state-law tort actions by private plaintiffs against private defendants |