The rules governing class action litigation are often fundamentally unfair to the plaintiffs. The rules tend to favor awarding settlement funds to attorneys and third parties at the expense of the actual plaintiffs who were injured in the case. A prime example of this is the recent settlement in Gaos
Status: Pending.
Read More →Status: Pending before Court of Appeals of Maryland
Read More →Representing California agricultural worker in Supreme Court challenge of California law that imposes labor contract on unwilling employees
Status: Pending.
Read More →Filed amicus brief contesting court-ordered $1 million damage award as unlawful restriction of constitutionally protected speech.
Status: Settled by stipulation filed July 6, 1999.
Read More →CIR is representing several members of Congress in an amicus effort designed to support two challenges to the Obama Administration's decision to set aside a provision of the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") that limits federal heath care subsidies to individuals in states that have created healthcare exchanges.
Status: Pending.
Read More →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
Read More →CIR filed an amicus brief in this important free speech case concerning the authority of school officials to punish high school students for speech they deem contrary to the mission or work of the school, including off-campus speech.
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The case concerned an Alaska high school that allowed students to leave school
Status: Loss. Supreme Court ruled that schools may restrict speech supporting illegal drug use.
Read More →CIR filed amicus brief in case challenging race-based school assignment plan.
Status: Victory. 5-4 majority struck down racial balancing plan.
Read More →CIR filed amicus briefs in case challenging the manipulative jettisoning of hiring tests in order to achieve a certain racial mix of employees.
Status: Victory
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