CIR challenges race-exclusive program
On November 19, 2007, the Center for Individual Rights filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, challenging the New York City Department of Education ’s policy of excluding Asian American and white students from a test preparation
Status: Victory: case settled on favorable terms
Read More →Constitutional challenge to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1964 on behalf of group of Kinston, NC citizens.
Status: Loss.
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IR is representing Dr. Norman Wang, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, who was disciplined for publishing an article in a scientific journal that analyzed the extent and effect of racial preferences in medical education over the last fifty years.
Wang has been on the faculty at
Status: Pending
Read More →The Center for Individual Rights represented the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI) against a last-minute effort by opponents to keep it off the November 2006 ballot by challenging its legality under the federal Voting Rights Act.
Status: Victory
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 →Citizens group sued for discussing immigration
Farmingville, Long IslandSachem Quality of Life (SQL), a non-profit community group, was formed in response to politicians’ refusal to deal with an explosion of illegal immigration in the Farmingville area of Long Island. Its members want to protect their quality of life in the face
Status: Victory
Read More →CIR defends ACORN whistleblower
CIR is representing Anita MonCrief, a former employee of
Anita MonCriefProject Vote, a subsidiary of ACORN. After she left Project Vote in 2008, Ms. MonCrief became a vocal critic of both organizations. In 2009, Project Vote filed suit to silence Ms. MonCrief alleging numerous violations of law including
Status: Victory. Case settled on favorable terms
Read More →CIR successfully challenges magnet school quota
MARK TWAIN SCHOOLOn January 14, 2008, the Center for Individual Rights filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York challenging the use of separate, lower admissions standards for white students at prestigious Mark Twain Intermediate School,
Status: Victory. City agreed to eliminate racial quota.
Read More →CIR sued the Arapahoe County Department of Human Services and several employees when they seized Joshua Raykin and kept him from his family for over a week based on unsubstantiated abuse claims.
Status: Victory. Shortly after filing suit, county officials agreed to settle the case on terms favorable to the Raykins.
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