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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2022
FBI v. Fazaga Plaintiffs

Privacy & Technology

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FBI v. Fazaga

In a case scheduled to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on November 8, 2021, three Muslim Americans are challenging the FBI’s secret spying on them and their communities based on their religion, in violation of the Constitution and federal law. In what will likely be a landmark case, the plaintiffs — Yassir Fazaga, Ali Uddin Malik, and Yasser Abdelrahim — insist that the FBI cannot escape accountability for violating their religious freedom by invoking “state secrets.” The plaintiffs are represented by the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law, the Ƶof Southern California, the Ƶ, the Council for American Islamic Relations, and the law firm of Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2023
O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed

Free Speech

O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed

The ACLU, the Ƶof Northern California, and the Ƶof Southern California filed amicus briefs in support of everyday people fighting for government transparency and accountability in two cases set for review by the U.S. Supreme Court this Term: O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2021
Border Asylum Line

Immigrants' Rights

Innovation Law Lab v. Wolf

The Ƶ, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Center for Gender & Refugee Studies filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s new policy forcing asylum seekers to return to Mexico and remain there while their cases are considered.
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California
Mar 2019
Protester holding "#Black Lives Matter" sign

Racial Justice

MediaJustice, et al. v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al.

On March 21, 2019, the Ƶ and MediaJustice, formerly known as Center for Media Justice, filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records about FBI targeting of Black activists. The lawsuit enforces the Ƶand MediaJustice’s right to information about a 2017 FBI Intelligence Assessment that asserts, without evidence, that a group of so-called “Black Identity Extremists” poses a threat of domestic terrorism. The Intelligence Assessment was widely disseminated to law enforcement agencies nationwide, raising public concern about government surveillance of Black people and Black-led organizations based on anti-Black stereotypes and First Amendment protected activities.
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All Southern California Cases

36 Southern California Cases

NASA
U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2012

National Security

Privacy & Technology

NASA v. Nelson

Whether the government may require Caltech employees working under contract at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in "low-risk" and "non-sensitive" jobs to disclose, among other things, information about medical treatment and psychological counseling that they may have received in connection with illegal drug use.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2012
NASA

National Security

Privacy & Technology

NASA v. Nelson

Whether the government may require Caltech employees working under contract at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in "low-risk" and "non-sensitive" jobs to disclose, among other things, information about medical treatment and psychological counseling that they may have received in connection with illegal drug use.
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Brown v. Plata
U.S. Supreme Court
May 2011

Smart Justice

Prisoners' Rights

Brown v. Plata

Whether a federal court appropriately exercised its authority by ordering the State of California to reduce the size of its prison population, which was more than double the system’s intended capacity, after dozens of remedial orders had failed for more than a decade to ensure that California prisoners received constitutionally adequate medical and mental health care.
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U.S. Supreme Court
May 2011
Brown v. Plata

Smart Justice

Prisoners' Rights

Brown v. Plata

Whether a federal court appropriately exercised its authority by ordering the State of California to reduce the size of its prison population, which was more than double the system’s intended capacity, after dozens of remedial orders had failed for more than a decade to ensure that California prisoners received constitutionally adequate medical and mental health care.
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Casey A., et al. v. Robles, et al.
U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2011

Smart Justice

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Casey A., et al. v. Robles, et al.

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U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2011
Casey A., et al. v. Robles, et al.

Smart Justice

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Casey A., et al. v. Robles, et al.

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Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2010

Free Speech

Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association

Whether a California law prohibiting the sale of "violent video games" to minors violates the First Amendment.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2010
Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association

Free Speech

Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association

Whether a California law prohibiting the sale of "violent video games" to minors violates the First Amendment.
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Salazar v. Buono
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2010

Religious Liberty

Salazar v. Buono

Whether a congressional statute transferring a small parcel of land in the Mojave Desert National Preserve to private owners satisfies the government's obligation to cure the Establishment Clause violation created by a Latin cross on public land, when the government also designates the cross as a national memorial and retains a reversionary interest in the land.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2010
Salazar v. Buono

Religious Liberty

Salazar v. Buono

Whether a congressional statute transferring a small parcel of land in the Mojave Desert National Preserve to private owners satisfies the government's obligation to cure the Establishment Clause violation created by a Latin cross on public land, when the government also designates the cross as a national memorial and retains a reversionary interest in the land.
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