Case Status: Pending
Texas Top Cop Shop: Fifth Circuit Amicus Briefs, December
CIR rallied the troops to challenge the Corporate Transparency Act and keep the feds from prying into the affairs of millions of small businesses nationwide. On December 3, the District Court issued a nationwide preliminary…
Case Status: Pending
Louisiana Bans Counselors from Saying "Psychology"
Julie Alleman and Juliet Catrett v. Harness.
Case Status: Pending
Reform Councilman Fights Illegal Ban on Video Recording of Council Meetings
Tortorice v. City of Margaret.
Case Status: Pending
Federal Courts Push Education Policy Through Title IX
MK v. Pearl River County School District.
Case Status: Petition for U.S. Supreme Court Review Pending
Alaska’s Power Grab Threatens Family’s Access to Home
Fiehler v. Mecklenburg.
Case Status: Pending
Federal Reporting Law Threatens Privacy of 32 Million Small Business Owners
Texas Top Cop Shop, Et Al. v. Merrick Garland, Et Al.
Case Status: Victory in District Court
Castro v. Doe
Case Name: Castro v. Doe What is it about: The Center for Individual Rights is defending an anonymous Wikipedia editor’s free speech rights against a baseless $180 million defamation lawsuit brought by a Texas political…
Case Status: Victory. Settled on Favorable Terms
Mattson v. Guyette, et al.
Daniel Mattson worked as a performer and adjunct professor at the Western Michigan University School of Music for more than twenty years. In 2017, Mattson wrote an autobiographical book describing his return to Catholicism…
Case Status: Pending
Riotte v. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: Who are the Lawyers?
Dennis Carnelli Dennis Carnelli Dennis M. Carnelli is an experienced civil litigation attorney who represents people and businesses in private disputes, civil rights actions, and matters implicating their constitutional rights. He received his J.D., cum…
Case Status: Pending
Riotte v. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: Who is Kate Riotte?
Kate Riotte, Photo by Yolanda Christine Kate Riotte served the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut for six years before she was abruptly fired in 2021 because she asked questions about the museum’s…
Case Status: Victory. Settled on Favorable Terms
Riotte v. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Kate Riotte had worked for the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (“Museum”) for six years when she was summarily fired for asking the wrong questions about an equity policy that the museum was developing. In…
Case Status: Victory. Settled on favorable terms.
Krehbiel v. BrightKey, Inc.
CIR is representing Greg Krehbiel in a federal lawsuit against his former employer for discrimination based on race and political opinion. BrightKey Inc., a Maryland-based marketing fulfillment services company, retained Krehbiel as a consultant in…
Case Status: Victory. Settled on Favorable Terms.
Rynearson v. Bass
Together with Christopher Day, Esq., CIR is representing Richard Rynearson, a retired Air Force command pilot and field grade officer, whose right to free speech was violated when Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force…
Case Status: Settled on favorable terms
U.S. v. New York City Board of Education: Chronology
April 2, 2014Settlement in NYC School Race CaseCIR’s long-running battle on behalf of school building superintendents in New York City drew to a close on April 2 2014, when U.S. District Court Judge…
Case Status: Case dismissed in wake of decision in Janus v. AFSCME
Yohn v. California Teachers Association: Chronology
October 25, 2018The Promise of JanusOn October 25, CIR President Terry Pell helped take the fight for teacher freedom to the Pennsylvania state Legislature. He testified in support of proposed legislation designed to…
Case Status: Dismissed in wake of favorable decision by Supreme Court of Massachusetts in another case
Martel v. Healey: Chronology
April 18, 2018Massachusetts Stun Gun Ban Finally Declared UnconstitutionalAfter facing attacks on nearly every front, the Massachusetts law banning stun guns and other electric weapons was finally declared unconstitutional.Stun Gun Case Bolts…
Case Status: Case resolved on other grounds
Miller: Chronology
August 27, 2014Sixth Circuit grants Amish hair cutters new trialThe Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in Miller v. United States, in which CIR client Kathryn Miller and other Amish appealed their convictions…
Case Status: Victory
Davis v. Guam: Chronology
May 5, 2020Dave Davis Wins the DayThe Supreme Court denied Guam’s petition for certiorari, in Davis v. Guam, bringing a successful close to CIR’s nine-year fight to overturn the territory’s racially restrictive plebiscite law. With…
Case Status: Loss.
Nix v. Holder: Chronology
November 12, 2012Court Declines to Review Voting Rights CaseOn November 12, 2012, the Supreme Court denied CIR’s petition for a writ of certiorari in Nix v. Holder.CIR asks Court to review Kinston, NC caseTogether…
Case Status: Victory
MCRI Litigation: Chronology
March 22, 2014Victory in SchuetteIn 2006, Michigan voters successfully passed Proposition 2, a ballot initiative that amended the Michigan state constitution and ended the state government’s use of racial preferences in employment decisions…