Successfully defended a company official against charges of sexual harassment. Challenging 1994 Violence Against Women Act as unconstitutional.
Status: Victory. After CIR's victory in U.S. v. Morrision, complaint dismissed on July 18, 2000.
Read More →CIR is representing William Isaac in amicus filing challenging Obama Operation Choke Point
Status: Pending
Read More →CIR is representing Salvatore Davi, a New York civil servant who was punished by the state government for expressing his political views through his private Facebook account. Since 2010, Davi has served as a Hearing Officer and an Administrative Law Judge in New York State’s Office of Temporary and Disability
Status: Complaint Filed
Read More →CIR is representing Guam resident Arnold Davis in a class action lawsuit challenging a race-exclusive plebiscite on the question of whether Guam should seek independence from the United States, statehood, or some other relationship.
Status: Pending
Read More →Successfully challenged the unconstitutional exclusion of “Michelle Doe,” a sixteen year old high school girl, from a “minorities-only” summer study program solely because of her race. The program was funded in part by the National Institute of Health and Texas A&M University.
The case settled prior to trial for damages and
Status: Victory
Read More →C CIR successfully represented a small Long Island company whose ability to compete (and even stay in business) was hobbled by the federal government's extensive use of race preferences in awarding government contracts.
Status: Settled on terms favorable to CIR's client
Read More →CIR victorious in show-down with IRS
After a year-long fight with the IRS over the right of private citizens to publish a book critical of the government, CIR has successfully halted another effort by a government regulatory agency to suppress protected speech. The Department of
Status: Victory: All IRS subpoenas withdrawn
Read More →California school scrambles to settle with CIR
In another victory for CIR, California Polytechnic State University agreed that it was improper to punish a student soley on the grounds that other students found his speech to be contraversial. The school agreed to clear Steve’s student record, let him post fliers in
Status: Status: Victory. University settled on terms favorable to student.
Read More →Issues: Civil Rights; Equal Protection.
Action: Challenged minority set-aside in public elementary magnet school.
Outcome: Victory. Case settled prior to trial. School board prohibited from using race in pupil assignments.
Status: Victory
Read More →Represented Mason Cathedral Church of God in Christ in a lawsuit claiming that the City of Boston violated the church’s First Amendment rights when it removed city-paid counselors from the church’s summer day camp program because of voluntary prayer.
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