Cases and Briefs

NAACP v. Wilson

ICAP represented the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and individual members in a First Amendment challenge to South Carolina's application of its "Unauthorized Practice of Law" (UPL) statute.

Status

Brief filed

Court

South Carolina Supreme Court No. 2023-001608

4th Circuit No. 23-1917

D.S.C. No. 23-cv-01121

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Choosing Justice Initiative v. Blackburn

ICAP represented the Choosing Justice Initiative (CJI) and its executive director, Dawn Deaner, in a federal civil rights lawsuit against judges of the Davidson County Criminal Court in Nashville, Tennessee.

Status

Brief filed

Court

M.D. Tn. No. 20-mc-09999

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Selene v. Bedke

ICAP represented individual disability-rights advocates and five nonprofit organizations in a federal lawsuit challenging the Idaho Legislature’s COVID-19 safety and accessibility protocols.

Status

Successful resolution

Court

D.Id. No. 1:21-cv-00021-DCN

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Abolitionist Law Center v. Mariani

ICAP represented the Abolitionist Law Center (ALC) in a First Amendment challenge to the exclusionary practices of an Allegheny County judge.

Status

Administrative order issued

Court

W.D. Penn. No. 21-00285

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McGill v. City of New York

ICAP represented protesters who occupied an encampment during the summer of 2020 to advocate for police reform following the murder of George Floyd.

Status

Case concluded

Court

S.D.N.Y. No. 21-cv-08619

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Barred Business v. Kemp

ICAP represents the plaintiffs in a constitutional challenge to a Georgia law that imposes severe restrictions on the payment of charitable cash bail.

Status

Awaiting Decision

Court

N.D. Ga. No. 1:24-cv-02744

11th Circuit No. 24-12289

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Brown v. Yost

ICAP represented a group of Ohio citizens asserting a First Amendment challenge to the state’s ballot-initiative process.

Status

Decision issued

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 24A970

6th Circuit No. 24-3354

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NRA v. Vullo

ICAP defended Maria Vullo, the former Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), against a lawsuit brought by the National Rifle Association (NRA).

Status

Decision issued

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 22-842

2nd Circuit No. 21-636

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Bledsoe v. The Department of the Army

ICAP represented Captain Joy E. Bledsoe, a West Point graduate and active-duty U.S. Army officer, in a federal lawsuit challenging the Army’s denial of her request for conscientious objector status. Captain Bledsoe’s sincerely held Christian beliefs, which deepened during her years of service, preclude her from serving in a combatant role.

Status

Successful resolution

Court

D.D.C. No. 1:24-cv-03509

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Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America v. Finney

ICAP is challenging the constitutionality of a Tennessee law that criminalizes the harboring of undocumented immigrants, regardless of intent to conceal, if the person doing the harboring receives some financial benefit.

Status

Awaiting decision

Court

M.D. Tenn. No. 25-00684

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Singleton v. Taylor

ICAP filed a brief opposing the Supreme Court review of a decision striking down Alabama's anti-panhandling laws as violations of the First Amendment's free speech protections.

Status

Cert denied

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 25-368

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Welty v. Dunaway

ICAP represents Tennessee state representative Aftyn Behn and family law attorney Rachel Welty in a constitutional challenge to a state law that criminalizes "recruiting" a minor to obtain an abortion, even an abortion that occurs legally outside Tennessee.

Status

Awaiting Decision

Court

6th Circuit No. 24-5968 / 25-5738 / 25-5739

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Alfaro v. Rempusheski

ICAP represented Kevin Alfaro and Georgana Szisza in a federal lawsuit seeking to vindicate their First Amendment rights.

Status

Decision issued

Court

D. N.J. No. 21-cv-2271

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Jolt v. Paxton

ICAP represents Jolt Initiative, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing civic engagement among young Latinos in Texas, in a federal challenge to a retaliatory campaign of intimidation led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Status

Decision issued

Court

W.D. Tex. No. 25-cv-1808

W.D. Tex. No. 24-cv-1089

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Mennonite Church USA v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

ICAP represents a broad coalition of 27 national and regional faith-based organizations, including Jewish and Christian denominations, in their challenge to the Department of Homeland Security’s rescission of its long-standing “sensitive locations” policy.

Status

Awaiting Decision

Court

D.D.C. No. 25-cv-403

D.C. Cir. No. 25-5209

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Fonseca v. City of Medford

ICAP represents award-winning journalist April Fonseca in a civil rights challenge to her arrest while reporting on a police operation clearing an encampment from a park in Medford, Oregon.

Status

Awaiting Decision

Court

9th Circuit No. 25-2618

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Rohrer v. City of Gastonia

ICAP represents Joshua Rohrer, a disabled, formerly unhoused veteran, in a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Gastonia and current or former members of its police department.

Status

Litigation stayed

Court

W.D.N.C. No. 23-cv-396

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NAACP v. O’Connor

ICAP successfully represented the Oklahoma State Conference of the NAACP in a challenge to an Oklahoma anti-protest law enacted in 2021.

Status

Successful resolution

Court

W.D. Ok. No. 21-cv-00859

10th Circuit No. 21-6156

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United States v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville

ICAP represented the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville, Texas, in its high-profile opposition to the federal government’s efforts to seize Diocese-owned land for the construction of a border wall.

Status

Case concluded

Court

S.D. Tx. No. 18-cv-00329

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City of Charlottesville v. Pennsylvania Light Foot Militia

ICAP scored a major victory when the last two active defendants in a lawsuit filed after the August 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, agreed to be bound by court-enforceable consent decrees.

Status

Successful resolution

Court

City of Charlottesville Circuit No. 17000560-00

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Alkayali v. Kaler

ICAP represents three plaintiffs who were targeted for their expressive protest activity at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU).

Status

Briefing is ongoing

Court

6th Circuit No. 26-3282

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U.S. v. 14.259 Acres of Land in Doña Ana County, New Mexico

ICAP represents the Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico, in defending against the United States Government’s efforts to exercise its power of eminent domain to take Diocesan property for the purpose of building a border wall that is contrary to Catholic values and teachings on the holy site, Mount Cristo Rey.

Status

Briefing is ongoing

Court

D. N.M. No. 2:26-cv-01458-KG-GBW

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Amicus Brief 04/06/26

Coalition of 39 Former DOJ Staff Urges Court to Hold ICE, Other Federal Agents Accountable

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Amicus Brief 11/18/22

Arkansas Anti-Israel Boycott Law Violates First Amendment

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Amicus Brief 05/12/23

First Amendment Retaliation against arrested City Councilwoman

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Amicus Brief 09/13/23

First Amendment protection for begging

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Amicus Brief 12/18/23

First Amendment Retaliation Against Arrested City Councilwoman

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