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154 Court Cases
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Jun 26, 2025
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Khan Suri v. Trump, et al.

Dr. Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown professor and postdoctoral scholar on religion and peace processes in the Middle East and South Asia, is legally in the U.S. on a research scholar and professor visa. He is an Indian national who lives with his U.S. citizen wife and three children in Rosslyn, Virginia. When he arrived home on the evening of Monday, March 17 following a traditional Ramadan meal celebration, he was taken into custody by masked federal agents without being charged with or accused of any crime. In just over 72 hours, he was shuffled to multiple immigration detention centers, ultimately landing in Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, where he was detained until his release on bond on May 14.
Court Case
Apr 16, 2025
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  • First Amendment Rights

EK v. Department of Defense Education Activity

The ACLU of Virginia, American Civil Liberties Union, and ACLU of Kentucky filed suit against the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) in the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of 12 students that attend DoDEA schools after DoDEA removed books and changed curricular in violation of the students' First Amendment rights.
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Aug 28, 2024
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Trabelsi v. Crawford et al.

Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian national who was acquitted of terrorism-related charges last year, filed a lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia challenging his prolonged unlawful detention and inhumane treatment by the United States. Mr. Trabelsi is represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, the University of Chicago Law School’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, the ACLU of Virginia, and Professor Jonathan Hafetz of Seton Hall Law School.
Court Case
Aug 05, 2024
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  • First Amendment Rights

Young America's Foundation v. Sitman et al.

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and the ACLU Foundation of Virginia, together with firm co-counsel, have filed a motion to dismiss a federal lawsuit brought by the Young America's Foundation (YAF) against Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell, the hosts of the Know Your Enemy podcast, and Dissent magazine, asserting nine types of trademark infringement.
Court Case
Jul 29, 2024
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  • LGBTQ+ Rights

Zinski v. Liberty University

On July 29, 2024 the ACLU of Virginia and Butler Curwood filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Ellenor Zinski, whom Liberty University fired in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 after she disclosed her identity as a trans woman.
Court Case
Jul 03, 2024
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  • LGBTQ+ Rights

Doe v. Hanover County School Board

On July 3, 2024 ACLU of Virginia and WilmerHale filed a Title IX lawsuit in the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of “Janie Doe,” a transgender student whom Hanover County Public School blocked from playing on a sports team for which she tried out and qualified.
Court Case
Mar 11, 2024
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Jane Doe v. Roanoke Police Department

On March 12, 2024, ACLU of Virginia filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit on behalf of an immigrant survivor of domestic violence whose request for a U visa certification the Roanoke Police Department is refusing to certify in open defiance of state law.
Court Case
Feb 15, 2024
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  • LGBTQ+ Rights

Doe v. VDOE; Loe v. VDOE

On February 15, 2024, the ACLU of Virginia and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP filed two separate lawsuits against the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) on behalf of two transgender students who have been harmed by the department’s 2023 Model Policies on Ensuring Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools.
Court Case
Jan 23, 2024
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Bd. of Supervisors of Fairfax County v. Leach-Lewis (amicus)

On January 23, 2024 the ACLU of Virginia, the Institute for Justice and ACLU National filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of Virginia in support of Ms. Leach-Lewis.
Court Case
Jun 26, 2025
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Court Case
Jun 26, 2025
  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Khan Suri v. Trump, et al.

Dr. Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown professor and postdoctoral scholar on religion and peace processes in the Middle East and South Asia, is legally in the U.S. on a research scholar and professor visa. He is an Indian national who lives with his U.S. citizen wife and three children in Rosslyn, Virginia. When he arrived home on the evening of Monday, March 17 following a traditional Ramadan meal celebration, he was taken into custody by masked federal agents without being charged with or accused of any crime. In just over 72 hours, he was shuffled to multiple immigration detention centers, ultimately landing in Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, where he was detained until his release on bond on May 14.
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Apr 16, 2025
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Court Case
Apr 16, 2025
  • First Amendment Rights

EK v. Department of Defense Education Activity

The ACLU of Virginia, American Civil Liberties Union, and ACLU of Kentucky filed suit against the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) in the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of 12 students that attend DoDEA schools after DoDEA removed books and changed curricular in violation of the students' First Amendment rights.
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Court Case
Aug 28, 2024
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Court Case
Aug 28, 2024
  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Trabelsi v. Crawford et al.

Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian national who was acquitted of terrorism-related charges last year, filed a lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia challenging his prolonged unlawful detention and inhumane treatment by the United States. Mr. Trabelsi is represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, the University of Chicago Law School’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, the ACLU of Virginia, and Professor Jonathan Hafetz of Seton Hall Law School.
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Court Case
Aug 05, 2024
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Court Case
Aug 05, 2024
  • First Amendment Rights

Young America's Foundation v. Sitman et al.

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and the ACLU Foundation of Virginia, together with firm co-counsel, have filed a motion to dismiss a federal lawsuit brought by the Young America's Foundation (YAF) against Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell, the hosts of the Know Your Enemy podcast, and Dissent magazine, asserting nine types of trademark infringement.
Explore Case
Court Case
Jul 29, 2024
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Court Case
Jul 29, 2024
  • LGBTQ+ Rights

Zinski v. Liberty University

On July 29, 2024 the ACLU of Virginia and Butler Curwood filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Ellenor Zinski, whom Liberty University fired in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 after she disclosed her identity as a trans woman.
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Court Case
Jul 03, 2024
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Court Case
Jul 03, 2024
  • LGBTQ+ Rights

Doe v. Hanover County School Board

On July 3, 2024 ACLU of Virginia and WilmerHale filed a Title IX lawsuit in the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of “Janie Doe,” a transgender student whom Hanover County Public School blocked from playing on a sports team for which she tried out and qualified.
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Court Case
Mar 11, 2024
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Court Case
Mar 11, 2024
  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Jane Doe v. Roanoke Police Department

On March 12, 2024, ACLU of Virginia filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit on behalf of an immigrant survivor of domestic violence whose request for a U visa certification the Roanoke Police Department is refusing to certify in open defiance of state law.
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Court Case
Feb 15, 2024
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Court Case
Feb 15, 2024
  • LGBTQ+ Rights

Doe v. VDOE; Loe v. VDOE

On February 15, 2024, the ACLU of Virginia and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP filed two separate lawsuits against the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) on behalf of two transgender students who have been harmed by the department’s 2023 Model Policies on Ensuring Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools.
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Court Case
Jan 23, 2024
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Court Case
Jan 23, 2024
  • Criminal Legal Reform

Bd. of Supervisors of Fairfax County v. Leach-Lewis (amicus)

On January 23, 2024 the ACLU of Virginia, the Institute for Justice and ACLU National filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of Virginia in support of Ms. Leach-Lewis.
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