Case Status: Loss
Barke v. Banks: Who are the Lawyers?
David Schwarz, Lead Counsel David Schwarz is a litigation partner at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP. He has extensive experience in litigating constitutional issues, with particular emphasis on First Amendment and labor issues. Mr. Schwarz was lead…
Case Status: Petition for Certiorari denied October 7, 2019.
Seeberger v. Davenport Civil Rights Commission et al.
Seeberger rented a room in a single family house that she owned to Michelle Schreurs and her then fifteen-year-old daughter for $300 per month. Upon hearing that Schreurs’ daughter was pregnant, Seeberger evicted Schruers and…
Case Status: Loss: Petition for Certiorari denied June 24, 2019
Perryman v. Romero
The Center for Individual Rights filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to hear Perryman v. Romero and act to defend the First Amendment rights of class action plaintiffs...
Case Status: Victory
Doe v. Alger
CIR represented a student who challenged college sexual misconduct procedures...
Case Status: Certiorari Denied
Gerawan Farming v. ALRB
CIR filed an amicus brief on behalf of California agricultural workers in a Supreme Court case challenging a California law that imposes labor contract on unwilling employees...
Case Status: Case dismissed in wake of decision in Janus v. AFSCME
Yohn v. CTA: Meet the Lawyers
In Yohn v. CTA, the Center for Individual Rights is working in cooperation with Michael Carvin of Jones Day. Carvin was a founding board member of CIR and has worked closely with the Center on…
Case Status: Remanded and Dismissed
Frank v. Gaos
In Frank v. Gaos, the issue of cy pres awards, which give plaintiff’s money away to third party groups in class action litigation, came before the Supreme Court. CIR’s amicus brief urged the Supreme Court…
Case Status: Case dismissed in wake of decision in Janus v. AFSCME
Yohn v. CTA: Why Teachers?
CIR is representing eight California public school teachers who are compelled by law to pay agency fees to the California Teachers Association. Each of the teachers would not join or support a union if they…
Case Status: Dismissed in wake of favorable decision by Supreme Court of Massachusetts in another case
Martel v. Healey
CIR represented three clients who had moral and practical objections to using lethal violence in self-defense in their challenge to Massachusetts' stun gun ban...
Case Status: Case dismissed in wake of decision in Janus v. AFSCME
Yohn v. California Teachers Association
On February 6, The Center for Individual Rights filed a lawsuit against the state of California and the California Teachers Association on behalf of eight California public school teachers and the Association of American Educators.
Case Status: Remanded to District Court
Davi v. Hein
Since 2010, Davi has served as a Hearing Officer and an Administrative Law Judge in New York State’s Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance. In this role, Davi hears the appeals of those who are…
Case Status: Victory
Desmond v. Harris: Meet Timothy Desmond
Timothy Desmond Tim Desmond is a retired high school science teacher who resides in Fresno, California. He has had a lifelong interest in painting, which he has pursued in different ways since high school. Throughout…
Case Status: Victory
Desmond v. Harris: Why the First Amendment Protects Desmond’s Speech
History of California Code Section 8195 A bill was introduced in the California Assembly in February of 2014. The bill’s author explained that he had discovered that a gift shop in the State Capitol Building sold…
Case Status: Victory
Desmond v. Harris et. al.
CIR represented Timothy Desmond, an artist, author, and retired school-teacher from Fresno, California, who was denied the right to display his painting in an art competition at a county fair because his depiction of the…
Case Status: Pending
Virgin Islands v. ExxonMobil
CIR filed an amicus brief arguing that the Competitive Enterprise Institute should receive attorney's fees after fighting off an illegal subpoena from the Attorney General of the Virgin Islands...
Case Status: Loss. Court refused to consider brief.
U.S. v. Westchester County
CIR filed an amicus brief in support of Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino and his effort to fend off an overreaching federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...
Case Status: Victory
Serafine v. Branaman
CIR filed an amicus brief in support of Dr. Mary Louise Serafine who faced criminal charges under a Texas law that makes it illegal to call oneself a "psychologist" without being licensed in the state.
Case Status: Loss
Rothe v. U.S. Dept. of Defense and U.S. Small Business Administration
CIR Files Brief in Defense of Small Business Owner Like many government agencies, the Small Business Administration utilizes a system of racial preferences in the awarding of government contracts (called the “Section 8(a)” program). Unfortunately,…
Case Status: Loss
Fraternal Order of Police v. Montgomery County, Maryland
CIR filed an amicus brief in a case challenging the use of public funds to support one side in a popular referendum, to convince the courts that government electioneering is always bad for democracy...
Case Status: Loss
Fisher v. University of Texas
CIR filed an amicus brief in a challenge to a University of Texas racial preference program, which gave African-American and Hispanic applicants a "plus" on their admission scores...