Case Status: Pending
Norman Wang v. University of Pittsburgh, et al.
CIR is representing Dr. Norman Wang, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, who was disciplined for publishing an article in a scientific journal that analyzed the extent and effect of racial…
Case Status: Settled on Favorable Terms.
Cocina Cultura LLC v. State of Oregon et al.
CIR has filed suit against the State of Oregon, Oregon’s Department of Administrative Services, and two Oregon non-profits, which established a coronavirus relief fund that exclusively provides federal grant money to black applicants, in violation…
Case Status: Victory
Seila Law LLC v. CFPB
CIR filed an amicus brief arguing that the separation of powers and the president’s responsibility to faithfully execute the law requires that the president retain the authority to remove administrative officers who wield executive power…
Case Status: Victory in District Court
Ultima Services Corporation v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, et al.
CIR is representing Ultima Services Corporation, a company that can no longer compete for contracts that make up the core of its business because its owner, Celeste Bennett, is the wrong race. For more than…
Case Status: Loss
Barke v. Banks: Who are the Plaintiffs?
Jeffrey Barke, MDJeffrey Barke has a long history of public service. In 2019, he was appointed as a Director of the Rossmoor Community Service District. And for twelve years before that, he served as an…
Case Status: Loss
Jeffrey Barke et. al v. Eric Banks et al.
CIR represented seven California elected officials in an effort stop the enforcement of Section 3550, a California law that prohibits public employers from criticizing public employee unions...
Case Status: Loss
Barke v. Banks: Who are the Lawyers?
David Schwarz, Lead Counsel David Schwarz is a litigation partner at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP. He has extensive experience in litigating constitutional issues, with particular emphasis on First Amendment and labor issues. Mr. Schwarz was lead…
Case Status: Petition for Certiorari denied October 7, 2019.
Seeberger v. Davenport Civil Rights Commission et al.
Seeberger rented a room in a single family house that she owned to Michelle Schreurs and her then fifteen-year-old daughter for $300 per month. Upon hearing that Schreurs’ daughter was pregnant, Seeberger evicted Schruers and…
Case Status: Loss: Petition for Certiorari denied June 24, 2019
Perryman v. Romero
The Center for Individual Rights filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to hear Perryman v. Romero and act to defend the First Amendment rights of class action plaintiffs...
Case Status: Victory
Doe v. Alger
CIR represented a student who challenged college sexual misconduct procedures...
Case Status: Certiorari Denied
Gerawan Farming v. ALRB
CIR filed an amicus brief on behalf of California agricultural workers in a Supreme Court case challenging a California law that imposes labor contract on unwilling employees...
Case Status: Case dismissed in wake of decision in Janus v. AFSCME
Yohn v. CTA: Meet the Lawyers
In Yohn v. CTA, the Center for Individual Rights is working in cooperation with Michael Carvin of Jones Day. Carvin was a founding board member of CIR and has worked closely with the Center on…
Case Status: Remanded and Dismissed
Frank v. Gaos
In Frank v. Gaos, the issue of cy pres awards, which give plaintiff’s money away to third party groups in class action litigation, came before the Supreme Court. CIR’s amicus brief urged the Supreme Court…
Case Status: Case dismissed in wake of decision in Janus v. AFSCME
Yohn v. CTA: Why Teachers?
CIR is representing eight California public school teachers who are compelled by law to pay agency fees to the California Teachers Association. Each of the teachers would not join or support a union if they…
Case Status: Dismissed in wake of favorable decision by Supreme Court of Massachusetts in another case
Martel v. Healey
CIR represented three clients who had moral and practical objections to using lethal violence in self-defense in their challenge to Massachusetts' stun gun ban...
Case Status: Case dismissed in wake of decision in Janus v. AFSCME
Yohn v. California Teachers Association
On February 6, The Center for Individual Rights filed a lawsuit against the state of California and the California Teachers Association on behalf of eight California public school teachers and the Association of American Educators.
Case Status: Victory in District Court
Davi v. Guinn
Since 2010, Davi has served as a Hearing Officer and an Administrative Law Judge in New York State’s Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance. In this role, Davi hears the appeals of those who are…
Case Status: Victory
Desmond v. Harris: Meet Timothy Desmond
Timothy Desmond Tim Desmond is a retired high school science teacher who resides in Fresno, California. He has had a lifelong interest in painting, which he has pursued in different ways since high school. Throughout…
Case Status: Victory
Desmond v. Harris: Why the First Amendment Protects Desmond’s Speech
History of California Code Section 8195 A bill was introduced in the California Assembly in February of 2014. The bill’s author explained that he had discovered that a gift shop in the State Capitol Building sold…
Case Status: Victory
Desmond v. Harris et. al.
CIR represented Timothy Desmond, an artist, author, and retired school-teacher from Fresno, California, who was denied the right to display his painting in an art competition at a county fair because his depiction of the…