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Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Florida v. Raymond Rodrigues
The University of Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine filed a lawsuit on November 16, 2023, challenging the Chancellor of the State University System of Florida’s order to state universities to deactivate the student group. This order threatens the students’ constitutionally-protected right to free speech and association in violation of the First Amendment. The Ƶ and its partners are seeking a preliminary injunction that would bar the Chancellor and the University of Florida from deactivating the UF SJP.
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2023
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Molina v. Book
Whether police officers violated clearly established First Amendment rights when they tear-gassed plaintiffs for serving as legal observers in a public protest.
U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2023
Free Speech
O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed
The Ƶ, the Ƶ of Northern California, and the Ƶ of 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.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2021
Free Speech
Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.
On September 25, 2017, the Ƶ-PA filed suit on behalf of B.L., a high school sophomore who has been cheerleading since she was in fifth grade and was expelled from the team as punishment for out-of-school speech.
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Alabama
Feb 2017
Free Speech
Racial Justice
Green Group Holdings v. Schaeffer: Defense of Environmental Protesters Against Defamation Lawsuit
The Ƶ is representing four people being sued for defamation because they exercised their right to free speech and voiced opposition to a coal ash landfill in their small town. The defendants, all residents of Uniontown, Alabama — a poor, predominantly Black town with a median per capita income of around $8,000 — are being sued for $30 million by Georgia-based Green Group Holdings because the residents are fighting the hazardous coal ash that the company keeps in a residential landfill. The Ƶ asked a federal court to dismiss the lawsuit on First Amendment grounds. In February 2017, the parties reached a settlement in which the company dropped the lawsuit and agreed to better environmental protections at the landfill.
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Alabama
Feb 2017
Free Speech
Racial Justice
Green Group Holdings v. Schaeffer: Defense of Environmental Protesters Against Defamation Lawsuit
The Ƶ is representing four people being sued for defamation because they exercised their right to free speech and voiced opposition to a coal ash landfill in their small town. The defendants, all residents of Uniontown, Alabama — a poor, predominantly Black town with a median per capita income of around $8,000 — are being sued for $30 million by Georgia-based Green Group Holdings because the residents are fighting the hazardous coal ash that the company keeps in a residential landfill. The Ƶ asked a federal court to dismiss the lawsuit on First Amendment grounds. In February 2017, the parties reached a settlement in which the company dropped the lawsuit and agreed to better environmental protections at the landfill.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2017
Free Speech
Packingham v. North Carolina
Whether North Carolina can prohibit individuals who are registered sex offenders from “accessing” any social media websites.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2017
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Packingham v. North Carolina
Whether North Carolina can prohibit individuals who are registered sex offenders from “accessing” any social media websites.
Court Case
Oct 2016
Free Speech
Garden District Book Shop v. Caldwell – Challenge to Louisiana Online Censorship Law
A Louisiana law passed during the state’s 2015 legislative session makes it a crime for any individual in Louisiana to publish material on the Internet that may be “harmful to minors” without an age verification screen. On November 4, 2015, the Ƶ, the Ƶ of Louisiana, and Dentons U.S. LLP, filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the law on behalf of a coalition of booksellers, magazines, comic book retailers, and their readers.
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Oct 2016
Free Speech
Garden District Book Shop v. Caldwell – Challenge to Louisiana Online Censorship Law
A Louisiana law passed during the state’s 2015 legislative session makes it a crime for any individual in Louisiana to publish material on the Internet that may be “harmful to minors” without an age verification screen. On November 4, 2015, the Ƶ, the Ƶ of Louisiana, and Dentons U.S. LLP, filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the law on behalf of a coalition of booksellers, magazines, comic book retailers, and their readers.
U.S. Supreme Court
May 2016
Free Speech
Davis v. Billington
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Court Case
Apr 2015
Free Speech
Ƶ v. Gonzales - Challenge to Child Online Protection Act
In a clear victory for free speech, the Supreme Court has announced that it will not hear the government's appeal of a ban on the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), the federal law that would criminalize constitutionally protected speech on the Internet.
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Apr 2015
Free Speech
Ƶ v. Gonzales - Challenge to Child Online Protection Act
In a clear victory for free speech, the Supreme Court has announced that it will not hear the government's appeal of a ban on the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), the federal law that would criminalize constitutionally protected speech on the Internet.