Cases and Briefs

Dixon v. City of St. Louis

ICAP represented a class of individuals in a landmark constitutional challenge to the wealth-based pretrial detention system in St. Louis, Missouri.

Status

Brief filed

Court

8th Circuit No. 19-2251 / 19-2254

D. Mo. No. 4:19-cv-00112

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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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Silva v. United States

ICAP represented an incarcerated individual in a federal lawsuit against a correctional officer who assaulted him while he was fully restrained.

Status

Brief filed

Court

10th Circuit No. 21-1008

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Soderberg v. Carrion

ICAP represented a coalition of journalists and community organizations in a constitutional challenge to Maryland’s "Broadcast Ban."

Status

Decision issued

Court

4th Circuit No. 20-1094

D. Md. No. 19-cv-01559

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Lewis County v. Helphenstine

ICAP represented Julie Helphenstine in a case arising from the death of her husband in pretrial detention due to inadequate medical care.

Status

Cert denied

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 23-259

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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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Torres v. Madrid

ICAP represented Roxanne Torres, who was shot in the back by police who were looking for someone else, and secured a favorable settlement for Ms. Torres.

Status

Decision issued

Court

10th Circuit No. 22-2001

D. N.M. No. 1:16-cv-01163-LF-KK

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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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Torres v. Collins

ICAP represented a class of individuals in a federal lawsuit challenging the unconstitutional, wealth-based pretrial detention system in Hamblen County, Tennessee.

Status

Decision issued

Court

E.D. Tn. No. 2:20-cv-26

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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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Frazier v. Prince George’s County

ICAP represents a class of current and former pretrial detainees in a constitutional challenge to the bail system in Prince George’s County, Maryland.

Status

Briefing is ongoing

Court

4th Circuit No. 24-1380

D. Md. No. 22-cv-01768

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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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Fitzhugh v. Patton

ICAP successfully opposed Supreme Court review of a decision allowing pretrial detainees to bring Fourteenth Amendment claims challenging unconstitutional conditions of confinement.

Status

Cert denied

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 25-50

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Conte v. Zrioka

ICAP represented Andrea Conte and Angela Nivens in a mandamus lawsuit against Deborah Elms Zrioka, the Court Administrator for the Circuit Court for Charles County, Maryland.

Status

Successful resolution

Court

Charles County Circuit Court, Md. No. C-08-CV-19-000804

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McKinney v. Arizona

ICAP represented a prisoner in the Supreme Court challenging the state of Arizona's approach to imposing the death penalty.

Status

Brief filed

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 18-1109

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Potts v. Baltimore City Police Department

ICAP successfully represented Ivan Potts, a Baltimore man who was wrongfully convicted and incarcerated after three Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF) officers assaulted and planted a handgun on him.

Status

Successful resolution

Court

Md. Court of Appeals No. 8:16-cv-03187-CBD

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Commonwealth v. Rice

ICAP represented Travis Rice in challenging his prosecution under a statute prohibiting recording a person in a "judicial facility" without court approval.

Status

Motion filed

Court

Crawford County Common Pleas No. CR 771-2019

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Stroud v. Butler

ICAP successfully represented Matt Stroud, an investigative journalist and CEO of Postindustrial magazine, in a First Amendment lawsuit challenging the ban on audio-recording bail hearings in Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania.

Status

Successful resolution

Court

W.D. Pa. No. 19-cv-01289

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McNeal v. LeBlanc

ICAP represented Brian McNeal, an individual who remained in Lousiana prison for 41 days after his release date because prison officials failed to convey his release date to the facility holding him.

Status

Cert denied

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 24-19

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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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Huffman v. Harris

ICAP represented Rachel Harris, the guardian of Steven Jessie Harris, in a significant federal civil rights case challenging the six-year detention of an incompetent, non-convicted man in a Mississippi jail.

Status

Successful Resolution

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 22-474

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Roper/City of Arlington v. Crane

ICAP represented the family of a man shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop.

Status

Cert denied

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 22-1151 / 22-1157

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Herrera v. Cleveland

ICAP represented Justin Herrera, a pre-trial detainee at Cook County Jail, in a federal civil rights lawsuit and a subsequent petition to the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Herrera sought to hold three correctional officers accountable for failing to protect him from a brutal assault by other detainees and for denying him prompt medical care.

Status

Cert denied

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 21-771

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Crane v. Utah Department of Corrections

ICAP represents a woman suing the Utah Department of Corrections under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Eighth Amendment after her grandson committed suicide while in a particularly harsh form of solitary confinement.

Status

Brief filed

Court

10th Circuit No. 20-4032

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HNLEA v. Prince George’s County

ICAP successfully represented the Prince George’s County Office of the Public Defender in a vital transparency battle to unseal evidence of systemic police misconduct.

Status

Decision issued

Court

D. Md. No. 18-cv-03821

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Commonwealth v. Vanasdale

ICAP successfully represented Jennifer Gilliland Vanasdale, an attorney and judicial candidate, against misdemeanor charges for allegedly taking a courtroom photograph before proceedings began.

Status

Successful resolution

Court

Common Pleas Butler City, Pa. No. CR-1688-2020

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Barron v. Trikeriotis

ICAP represented Seth Barron, a journalist and contributor to City Journal, in a significant transparency lawsuit against court officials in Baltimore, Maryland.

Status

Decision issued

Court

Baltimore City Circuit No. 24-C-19-002626

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Commonwealth v. Wittman

ICAP represented Michael Wittman as part of his criminal case, assisting him in raising a defense based on a constitutional challenge to the statute under which he was charged. Mr. Wittman was charged with a misdemeanor under a law enacted in 2018 that prohibits the use of any device to capture photographs, video, or audio within a "judicial facility" or its immediate surroundings without prior court approval.

Status

Motion filed

Court

Common Pleas Beaver County, Pa. No. CR-1126-2019

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Philadelphia Bail Fund v. Bernard

ICAP successfully represented the Philadelphia Bail Fund in a landmark First Amendment lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania court rules that prohibited the public from audio-recording bail hearings.

Status

Successful resolution

Court

3rd Circuit No. 20-1632

E.D. Pa. No. 2:19-3110

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Graff v. Aberdeen Enterprizes II, Inc.

ICAP represents plaintiffs challenging Oklahoma’s predatory scheme for collecting debt from the indigent.

Status

Awaiting Decision

Court

10th Circuit No. 21-5031

N.D. Ok. No. 17-cv-00606

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Amicus Brief 04/05/18

Reviewing Conviction Obtained Through Prosecutorial Misconduct

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Amicus Brief 02/15/22

Challenging Texas’s Improper Use of Solitary Confinement

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Amicus Brief 09/15/17

Death Penalty Violates the Eighth Amendment

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Amicus Brief 08/27/19

Eighth Amendment Limits on Juvenile Life Without Parole

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Amicus Brief 06/11/21

Malicious Prosecution Claims After Pre-Trial Dismissal

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Amicus Brief 08/26/22

Brady Violation Warrants Reversing Louisiana Death Sentence

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Amicus Brief 06/27/25

Challenging Unlawful Bail Practices in Alabama

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Amicus Brief 06/23/25

Objective Standard for Pretrial Detainee Confinement Claims

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