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Aguilar v. Avis Rent-A-Car
Filed amicus brief contesting court-ordered injunction prohibiting 'offensive' epithets in the workplace as unlawful prior restraint of constitutionality protected speech.
Status: Loss
AHDC v. Fresno
Defended neighborhood homeowner sued by low-income housing developer for federal housing discrimination because of statements made regarding proposed housing project.
Status: Victory. Ninth Circuit ruled citizen speech protected by First Amdment; Feel petition pending.
BAMN et al. v. Granholm, et al.
Respresenting 2007 applicant to Michigan law schools in an effort to secure immediate and permanent implementation of Michigan's Amendment 26, which bars the use of racial preferences in all state programs.
Status: Pending. Successfully lifted preliminary injunction pending further proceedings.
BAMN v. MCRI
Defended Michigan Civil Rights Initiative against challenge filed under federal Voting Rights Act. Victory before District Court; 6th Circuit upheld the District Court's ruling that BAMN could not demonstrate a violation of the Voting Rights Act.
Status: Victory
Boulahanis v. Board of Regents, Illinois State University
Represented Illinois State men's athletic teams eliminated to achieve rates of partictipation identical to the proportion of men and women in the undergraduate population, regardless of student interest.
Status: Loss
Columbia Union College v. Oliver
Represented a private college affiliated with Seventh-day Adventist church in lawsuit challenging Maryland's refusal, solely because of college's religious speech and beliefs, to accord financial aid benefits extended to other private colleges.
Status: Victory
Dale v. Boy Scouts
Filed amicus brief urging U.S. Supreme Court to set aside ruling by the New Jersey Supreme Court that the Boy Scouts had no First Amendment right to preclude homosexuals from attaining leadership positions.
Status: Victory
Deborah Morse, Juneau School Board v. Joseph Frederick
Filed amicus brief in student free speech case involving an out-of-school display of a banner containing the words "Bongs for Jesus."
Status: Pending
Deming v. University of Oklahoma
Defended geology professor against 'sexual harassment' complaints based upon letter to the editor of college newspaper on matter of public concern.
Status: Settled in Prof. Deming's favor
Doe v. Dept. Health and Human Services
Challenged exclusion of Caucasian youth from minorities-only summer study program funded in part by the National Institute of Health and Texas A&M University.
Status: Settled in client's favor
Dynalantic v. U.S. Dept. of Defense
Challenging federal government contracting '8(a)' minority set-aside program on behalf of manufacturer of military flight simulators.
Status: Pending. Cross-motions for summary judgment argued in 2003, decision pending.
Father Flanagan's Boys Home v. District of Columbia
Defended First Amendment rights of Washington, DC community activists facing a civil rights lawsuit intended to silence their peaceful opposition to a housing project.
Status: Victory
Federalism
CIR's cases to restrain the Federal Government.
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Gee v. Humphries
Challenged state college's suspension and termination of Gerald Gee, a white professor who was said to have "harassed" students at historically black Florida A&M University. Gee used the phrase "nigger mentality" in a conversation with students, which he prefaced by explaining it was a popular phrase
Status: Loss
Gratz v. Bollinger
Challenged racial preferences in student admissions at the University of Michigan College of Literature, Sciences, and the Arts.
Status: Victory
Grutter v. Bollinger
Challenged racial preferences in student admissions at the University of Michigan Law School.
Status: Loss
Hendrickson v. IRS
Challenged IRS' effort to investigate a book as an "abusive tax shelter".
Status: Victory: All IRS subpoenas withdrawn
Hinkle v. Baker
Represented student punished for "disruption" after attempting to post flier advertising talk by black conservative author Mason Weaver
Status: Victory. University settled on terms favorable to student.
Hopwood v. State of Texas
Challenged racial preferences in student admissions in landmark case against University of Texas Law School.
Status: Victory
Jacob v. Ind. Sch. Dist. No. 625
Challenged minority set-aside in public elementary magnet school.
Status: Settled in client's favor
Lamprecht v. FCC
Challenged gender preference in the awarding of radio licenses.
Status: Victory before D.C. Circuit, case settled on remand.
Lyle v. Warner Brothers Television Production et al., No. S125171
Filed amicus brief urging California Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that discussion of sexual themes in writers' meetings for the television show 'Friends' created a hostile work environment and is not protected by the First Amendment.
Status: Victory.
Maas v. Cornell University
Contested, on contractual and other grounds, private university's sanctions against professor over ill-founded sexual harassment charges.
Status: Loss
Maitland v. University of Minnesota
Challenged distribution of $3 million to female faculty members to remedy alleged gender disparities in salary.
Status: Victory. University agreed not to determine salaries on the basis of gender.
McConnell v. LeMoyne
Defended graduate student dismissed by school for expressing traditional views concerning classroom teaching style in a course paper.
Status: Victory. New York appellate court ordered immediate reinstatement.
Miami University Wrestling Club v. Miami University
Challenged elimination of men's athletic teams to achieve gender participation rates proportional to undergraduate population.
Status: Loss
Mueller v. Idaho
Challenging the lack of constitutional protections in Idaho child protective laws for parents to direct the medical treatment of their minor children.
Status: Pending
Ng et al v. New York City Dept. of Education
Challenging minority only test preparation course run by New York City school system
Status: Pending
Parents Involved v. Seattle School District No. 1
CIR filed amicus brief in case challenging race-based school assigment plan.
Status: Pending
Perez v. Posse Comitatus
Successfully defended freedom of speech for Long Island, NY community group sued because of its peaceful opposition to illegal immigration.
Status: Victory
Proposition 209
California Ballot Initative which outlawed racial preferences.
Status: Victory
Rau and Katapadi v. NYC Dept. of Education
Representing Asian Indian parents in challenge to racial quota in admissions at Mark Twain Intermediate School.
Status: Victory. Quota-based desegregation order lifted.
Reno v. Bossier Parish School District
Successfully rebuffed Department of Justice attempt to equate failure to maximize minority voting strength through racial gerrymandering with discrimination under the Voting Rights Act.
Status: Victory
Rosenberger v. Rectors of the University of Virginia
Challenged the denial of funding to Wide Awake, a religious student newspaper, which was denied student funds because it espoused a religious point of view.
Status: Victory
Rumsfeld v. FAIR
Filed a friend of the court brief with the United States Supreme Court urging it to uphold the Solomon Amendment, which requires colleges and universities to provide equal access to military recruiters as a condition of receiving federal funds.
Status: Victory
Russell v. Brandon, et al.
Class action lawsuit that asks Michigan state court to order immediate implementation of new amendment to Michigan Constitution barring the use of racial preferences by state agencies
Status: Pending
Silva v. University of New Hampshire
Professor Silva ran afoul of a University speech code for using a sexual metaphor in class.
Status: Victory
Smith v. University of Washington
Challenged racial preferences in student admissions at the University of Washington Law School.
Status: Loss
Smith v. Virginia Commonwealth University, et al.
Representing 15-year-old high school student who applied and was accepted to a summer journalism workshop, only to be informed shortly thereafter that she couldn't attend because she is white.
Status: Victory, Case settled on favorble terms.
Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, et al.
Filed an amicus brief arguing that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers migratory bird rule set forth pursuant to the Clean Water Act is an unconstitutional exercise of Congress' authority to regulate interstate commerce.
Status: Court rejected rule on other grounds
Sypniewski v. Warren Hills Regional Board of Education, et al.
Defending high school student suspended for wearing 'redneck' t-shirt.
Status: Pending on remand to U.S. District Court. School's petition seeking Supreme Court review denied.
Tompkins v. Alabama State University
Challenged court mandated 'whites only' scholarship at traditionally black university.
Status: Victory
U.S. v. Morrison
Defended student athlete in civil suit against ill-founded charges of rape. Successfully challenged portions of 1994 Violence Against Women Act as unconstitutional exercise of Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause and Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Status: Victory
U.S. v. NYC Board of Education; Brennan v. Ashcroft
Challenging proposed consent decree in ongoing litigation between U.S. Department of Justice and the New York City Board of Education over alleged discrimination in recruitment, hiring and promotion of custodians in the New York City school system.
Status: Victory before U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, remanded for further proceedings
U.S. v. Szoka
Defended owner of low power, non-commercial radio station in 'cease and desist' prosecution brought against him by Federal Communications Commission.
Status: Loss
Waltz v. Brumfield et al
Challenging use of housing discrimination investigations to stifle clearly protected speech
Status: Pending
White v. Lee
Sucessfully set precedent against threats of prosecution by officials of the Department of Housing and Urban Development leveled at private citizens who organized peaceful protests against federally supported housing programs.
Status: Victory
Willand v. North Hennepin Community College
Challenged college speech code and computer policy.
Status: Victory
Worth v. Jackson
Challenged racial quotas in hiring and promotion at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Status: Loss.
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