Cases and Briefs

Schreiber v. Cissna

ICAP represented a U.S. military veteran and his wife in a high-stakes immigration and family law appeal before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Status

Brief filed

Court

10th Circuit No. 18-3215

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Williams v. Kingdom Hall

ICAP represented a plaintiff arguing before the Utah Supreme Court to overturn a decision that precludes tort victims from seeking compensation for injuries arising out of religiously motivated conduct.

Status

Decision issued

Court

Utah Supreme Court No. 20190422-SC

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In re: S.B.

ICAP represented a teenager alleging his criminal conviction in Maryland state court violated his due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment and Article 24 of the Declaration of Rights of the Maryland Constitution.

Status

Brief filed

Court

Md. Special Appeals No. 1253

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R.V. v. Mnuchin

ICAP represented several U.S. citizen children and their parents in a federal class-action lawsuit challenging the CARES Act's exclusion of mixed-status families from pandemic relief.

Status

Successful resolution

Court

D. Md. No. 20-cv-01148

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J.W. v. Paley

ICAP represented Jevon Washington, a Texas high school student with intellectual disabilities, in a high-stakes civil rights lawsuit against a school resource officer (SRO) who repeatedly tased him.

Status

Decision issued

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 23-931

5th Circuit No. 19-20429 / 21-20671

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Grants Pass v. Johnson

ICAP represented the homeless residents of Grants Pass, Oregon, in a constitutional challenge to a set of ordinances that punished homeless people for sleeping or resting anywhere on public property at any time with so much as a blanket to survive the cold, regardless of whether they have anywhere else to go.

Status

Decision issued

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 23-175

9th Circuit (En Banc) No. 20-35752 / 20-35881

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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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Goldey v. Fields

ICAP represented Andrew Fields, a federal prisoner who was subjected to egregious physical abuse by prison guards who then sabotaged his efforts to file an administrative complaint.

Status

Decision issued

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 24-809

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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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L.G.M.L. v. Noem

ICAP is challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to unlawfully expel hundreds of unaccompanied children from the United States.

Status

Briefing is ongoing

Court

D.D.C. No. 25-2942

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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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Spiegel v. Board of Education of Howard County

ICAP successfully represented the Board of Education of Howard County, Maryland, in its defense against a lawsuit in state court seeking to invalidate a statutorily defined position on the board for a voting student member.

Status

Decision issued

Court

Md. Court of Appeals No. COA-REG-0018-2021

Howard County Circuit No. C-13-CV-20-000954

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Kim v. Board of Education of Howard County

ICAP successfully represented the Board of Education of Howard County, Maryland, in a federal constitutional challenge to the role of the Student Member of the Board (SMOB).

Status

Decision issued

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 22-187

4th Circuit No. 22-2294

D. Md. No. 1:21-cv-655

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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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Ermold v. Davis

ICAP represented David Ermold and David Moore, a same-sex couple who were unlawfully denied a marriage license by then-Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, in defiance of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which established the fundamental right of same-sex couples to marry.

Status

Cert denied

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 25-125

6th Circuit No. 24-5524

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A.B. v. Holcomb

ICAP represents children in foster care in Indiana who are appealing the dismissal of their challenge to state-wide deficiencies in services and programming.

Status

Awaiting decision

Court

7th Circuit No. 24-2144

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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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CASA v. Mullin

ICAP represents CASA, Inc. in its challenge to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security’s unlawful attempt to terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for Afghanistan and Cameroon.

Status

Litigation Stayed

Court

D.Md. No. 8:25-cv-1484

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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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University of Toledo v. Wamer

ICAP represented a student in a Title IX case alleging the university's deliberate indifference to sexual harassment by a professor.

Status

Cert denied

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 22-123

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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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Acheson Hotels v. Laufer

After the Supreme Court granted certiorari, ICAP stepped in to represent and present oral argument on behalf of Ms. Laufer, a disabled person who was unable to access information about hotel accessibility that federal law requires the hotel to provide.

Status

Dismissed

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 22-429

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Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center Commission v. Doe

ICAP helped preserve a win for unaccompanied migrant children suing a juvenile detention center for inadequate mental health care.

Status

Cert denied

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 21-48

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E.W. v. Wilkins

ICAP represented a Michigan high school student, E.W., in a federal civil rights lawsuit against an assistant principal and a school resource officer following a violent physical encounter.

Status

Decision issued

Court

6th Circuit No. 20-1790

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Bishop of Charleston v. Adams

ICAP represented the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and the Orangeburg County School District in an intervention to protect the integrity of public-school funding.

Status

Brief filed

Court

4th Circuit No. 21-1912

D. S.C. No. 2:21-cv-01093-BHH

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Z.F. v. Adkins

ICAP represented "Z.F.," a 14-year-old middle school student in Wise County, Virginia, in a Fourth Amendment lawsuit against a school resource officer (SRO) who used violent force during a cell phone investigation.

Status

Decision issued

Court

W.D. Va. No. 18-CV-00042

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Bey v. City of New York

ICAP represented firefighters Salik Bey, Terrel Joseph, Steven Seymour, and Clyde Phillips in a challenge to the New York Fire Department’s (FDNY) "clean shave" policy.

Status

Brief filed

Court

2nd Circuit No. 20-456 / 20-650

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Nicholson v. City of Gary, Indiana; Serbon v. City of East Chicago

ICAP served as lead counsel for the City of Gary, Indiana, in defending its "Welcoming City" ordinance against a major legal challenge.

Status

Decision issued

Court

Lake County Superior Court No. 45D05-1802-MI-00014

N.D. Ill. No. 18-00257

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Stinson v. Maye

ICAP represented an Alabama teenager challenging her local school district's deliberate indifference to her assault by other classmates as a violation of Title IX.

Status

Decision issued

Court

11th Circuit No. 19-10815

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City of El Cenizo v. Texas

ICAP served as co-counsel challenging Texas’s anti-sanctuary city statute, “SB4,” with a focus on the First Amendment concerns raised by the statute.

Status

Case concluded

Court

5th Circuit No. 17-50762

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State of Minnesota v. U.S. Department of Justice

ICAP has partnered with the Hennepin County Attorney and Minnesota Attorney General to challenge the federal government’s attempt to block access to key evidence in the shootings by federal agents during “Operation Metro Surge.”

Status

Briefing is ongoing

Court

D.D.C. No. 1:26-cv-01007

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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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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 10/06/21

Defending Public School Funding in South Carolina

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Amicus Brief 01/19/21

Challenging Religious Motive Defense in Workplace Retaliation

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Amicus Brief 06/24/22

Defending Right to Shelter Unhoused Individuals in Akron

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Amicus Brief 11/29/23

Military Diversity and Defense of Race-Based Admissions

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