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14 Race and Economic Justice Cases

Coalition on Homelessness v. City and County of San Francisco
California
Jun 2025

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Coalition on Homelessness v. City and County of San Francisco

Coalition on Homelessness is a challenge to the City and County of San Francisco’s efforts to criminalize homelessness through an array of unconstitutional practices, including confiscating and destroying the personal property of unhoused people without adequate notice or due process, and citing and arresting unhoused people for sleeping in public.
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California
Jun 2025
Coalition on Homelessness v. City and County of San Francisco

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Coalition on Homelessness v. City and County of San Francisco

Coalition on Homelessness is a challenge to the City and County of San Francisco’s efforts to criminalize homelessness through an array of unconstitutional practices, including confiscating and destroying the personal property of unhoused people without adequate notice or due process, and citing and arresting unhoused people for sleeping in public.
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Held v. Montana
Montana Supreme Court
May 2024

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Held v. Montana

This case pending before the Montana Supreme Court asks, among other things, whether the claims of sixteen youth plaintiffs challenging Montana energy policy present a political question under the Montana Constitution. The ACLU’s State Supreme Court Initiative, alongside the Ƶof Montana, filed an amicus brief arguing that the claims do not present a political question and, moreover, that state courts should not wholesale adopt the federal political questions doctrine.
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Montana Supreme Court
May 2024
Held v. Montana

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Held v. Montana

This case pending before the Montana Supreme Court asks, among other things, whether the claims of sixteen youth plaintiffs challenging Montana energy policy present a political question under the Montana Constitution. The ACLU’s State Supreme Court Initiative, alongside the Ƶof Montana, filed an amicus brief arguing that the claims do not present a political question and, moreover, that state courts should not wholesale adopt the federal political questions doctrine.
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Statue of John Harvard on Harvard University's campus
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2023

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Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard; Students for Fair Admissions v. UNC

This lawsuit contends that the consideration of race as an affirmative action measure in admissions at Harvard and at UNC constitutes racial discrimination in violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2023
Statue of John Harvard on Harvard University's campus

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Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard; Students for Fair Admissions v. UNC

This lawsuit contends that the consideration of race as an affirmative action measure in admissions at Harvard and at UNC constitutes racial discrimination in violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2023

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Biden v. Nebraska; Department of Education v. Brown

This case concerns whether the Department of Education acted within its administrative authority in issuing its student-borrower debt relief plan.
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Biden V. Nebraska; Department Of Education V. Brown. Explore Case.
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2023
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Biden v. Nebraska; Department of Education v. Brown

This case concerns whether the Department of Education acted within its administrative authority in issuing its student-borrower debt relief plan.
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Center for Investigative Reporting v. SEPTA
U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2021

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Center for Investigative Reporting v. SEPTA

In this case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that the Philadelphia metropolitan transit system’s ban on “political” and public issue advertisements violated the First Amendment because the policy could not be applied in a logical, consistent manner.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2021
Center for Investigative Reporting v. SEPTA

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Center for Investigative Reporting v. SEPTA

In this case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that the Philadelphia metropolitan transit system’s ban on “political” and public issue advertisements violated the First Amendment because the policy could not be applied in a logical, consistent manner.
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